Pioneers
He developed classical conditioning with the use of a bell, a dog, and food.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
What is the social exchange theory?
This occurs when someone watches someone else perform a behavior.
What is modeling?
This term refers to how reinforcement and punishment can be used to either increase or decrease the frequency of a behavior.
What is operant conditioning?
He applied behavioral theory to family issues at the Oregon Social Learning Center.
Who is Gerald Patterson?
Behavioral Therapy hypothesizes that all people are capable of ____________.
What is change?
This type of skill involves training family members to avoid errors when speaking to one another either verbally or nonverbally.
What is communication skills training?
This term refers to the frequency with which a behavior occurs.
What is a baseline?
This Harvard Psychologist had the greatest impact on behavioral family therapy.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
In behavioral therapy it is assumed that an undesirable behavior is the result of ____________.
What is reinfocement?
This term refers to what the therapist does in order to get an accurate picture of what occurs before and after the targeted problem behavior.
What is questioning?
When a stimulus is removed, this increases the frequency of a behavior.
What is negative reinforcement?
Known for this development of 'couple acceptance', this behavioral family therapist contributed greatly to the field and passed away in 1999.
Who is Neil Jacobson?
This phase of treatment in behavioral therapy is short, direct and precise.
What is the intervention phase?
Behavioral family therapy is a) highly structured or b) not structured at all?
a) highly structured
This term refers to a technique that modifies behavior.
What is shaping?
He conducted the "Little Albert" experiment.
Who is John B Watson?
What needs to be established once a behavior is targeted?
What is a baseline?
Helen Kaplan created an outpatient-based approach to the treatment of this disorder by using behavioral techniques with the addition of psychodynamic techniques.
What is sexual dysfunction?
This technique is often used with children as an alternative to corporal punishment.
What is time-out?