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Behavior Modification in Applied Settings [Paperback]

Alan E. Kazdin (Author)
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August 1, 2000 0534348998 978-0534348991 6
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.


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"Ideal for presenting an overall view of behavior modification. . . . A delight to read in terms of its comprehensiveness and identification of the basic characteristics of the field." --Nathan Azrin, Nova Southeastern University --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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"This is an empowering and therapeutic text. Kazdin is able to present sophisticated clinical techniques in a readable, professional, and scholarly manner." -- Daniel Lee, California State University, Camarillo --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 6 edition (August 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0534348998
  • ISBN-13: 978-0534348991
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #786,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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ALAN E. KAZDIN is John M. Musser Professor of Psychology at Yale University and director of Yale's Parenting Center and Child Conduct Clinic. He is 2008 president of the American Psychological Association and the author of many professional-audience books on child psychology and behavior published in dozens of countries. Kazdin lives in Hamden, Connecticut.

 

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a classic, March 31, 2000
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Bradley H. Smith (Department of Psychology, Univerisity of South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good as a Textbook but not for the Casual Reader, July 2, 2002
This review is from: Behavior Modification in Applied Settings (Paperback)
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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent copy, fast delivery, August 25, 2010
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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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