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2. Behavior modification - Wikipedia

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   Behavior modification is a treatment approach that uses respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior. Based on methodological behaviorism, [1] overt behavior is modified with (antecedent) stimulus control and consequences, including positive and negative reinforcement contingencies to increase desirable behavior, as well as positive and negative punishment, and extinction to reduce ...

3. Behaviour therapy - Wikipedia

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   Ancient writings contain innumerable behavioral prescriptions that accord with this broad conception of behavior therapy. [6] The first use of the term behaviour modification appears to have been by Edward Thorndike in 1911. His article Provisional Laws of Acquired Behavior or Learning makes frequent use of the term "modifying behavior". [7]

4. Cognitive behavioral therapy - Wikipedia

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   However, Julian Rotter in 1954 and Albert Bandura in 1969 contributed to behavior therapy with their works on social learning theory by demonstrating the effects of cognition on learning and behavior modification. [32] [35] The work of Claire Weekes in dealing with anxiety disorders in the 1960s is also seen as a prototype of behavior therapy. [37]

5. Residential treatment center - Wikipedia

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   The type of clients receiving services in a facility (children with emotional or behavioral disorders versus intellectual disability versus psychiatric disorders) is a factor in the effectiveness of behavior modification. [10] Behavioral intervention has been found to be successful even when medication interventions fail. [11] However, there is ...

6. Behavioral activation - Wikipedia

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   Reviews of behavioral activation studies for depression found that it had a positive measurable effect and that policy makers should consider it an effective treatment. [19] [17] A large-scale treatment study found behavioral activation to be more effective than cognitive therapy and on par with medication for treating depression. [20]

7. Professional practice of behavior analysis - Wikipedia

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   Direct therapy involves the relationship of behavior analyst and client, usually one-on-one, in which the analyst is responsible for directly modifying the behavior of their client. Direct therapy is also used in schools but can also be found in group homes, in a behavior modification facility and in behavior therapy [7] (where the focus may be ...