Behavior Modification in Applied Settings

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Alan Kazdin, a well-known and highly respected researcher in behavior modification, offers a scholarly, thoroughly contemporary look at behavior modification principles and their application in clinical, home, school, and work settings. By including both applied research and clinical intervention techniques, Kazdin's text provides a balance between research and practice. The new edition is now written in a more conversational style and offers an expanded "how to" focus, giving students opportunities to practice the principles.


Product Details

Publisher Waveland Pr Inc
ISBN 1577665821
Number Of Pages 528
Format Paperback
Author Alan E. Kazdin
EAN 9781577665823
Label Waveland Pr Inc
Edition 6
Dewey Decimal Number 616
Studio Waveland Pr Inc
Title Behavior Modification in Applied Settings
Publication Date 2008-06-30
Manufacturer Waveland Pr Inc

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Excellent copy, fast delivery

Review by Geology Rocks!, 2010-08-25

The book is in excellent condition and I got it within one week. They also provided tracking information so I could track progress.I would definitely recommend this seller. Thanks a lot!


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Review by N. Ramnarine, 2007-02-20

I received my book on time and it was in great condition


Good as a Textbook but not for the Casual Reader

Review by Anonymous, 2002-07-02

This was our textbook for the Psychology of Behavior Modification. While I feel it was invaluable for the classroom setting, there are better books out there to explain what exactly B-Mod is to the layman.

Kazdin uses the state-of-the-art B-mod lingo. The only thing he never made clear enough was his comparisons of positive/negative reinforcement and positive/negative punishment. This section had to be clarified by our instructor, who himself said that Kazdin confused him, and our instructor is a behaviorist.

The text contains many chart and graph illustrations that help you to understand the progress of the interventions explained in the text. However, I felt that there were too few intervention examples in the book, and the actual nuts-and-bolts "how-to" of a behavioral intervention were never given. Our instructor had to break that down for us.

All in all, it's the best of a sad lot of B-mod texts out there, but if you aren't a psychologist or a psych student, you'll find this one a tough read.


This book is a classic

Review by Bradley H. Smith, 2000-03-31

Kazdin's treatment of Behavior Modification in Applied Settings is comprehensive and lucid. It is extremly helpful for teaching behavior therapy to graduate students in clincal and school psychology. I strongly recommend this book to anyone involved in the process of promoting therapeutic change or teaching therapists to be effective agents for change.


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