Home : Book details : Book description

Description of  Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It

Behavior Modification: What It Is and How to Do It is a comprehensive, practical presentation of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. Appropriate for university students and for the general reader, it teaches forms of behavior modification ranging from helping children learn necessary life skills to training pets, to solving personal behavior problems. It teaches practical "how-to" skills, including: discerning long-term effects designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral programs interpreting behavioral episodes observing and recording behaviors and recognizing instances of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment.