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Peer reviewedKaplan, Robert M.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1979
Test-anxious subjects were assigned to condition groups: (1) desensitization only; (2) cognitive only; (3) cognitive plus desensitization; and (4) neither cognitive nor desensitization. On test anxiety and self-rating measures, combined treatment and desensitization were less effective than the cognitive-only treatment. Results are consistent with…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedMcCoy, Ingeborg R. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Behavior modification techniques that can be used to overcome fears and anxieties of students and to further achievement in second language learning are discussed. The following techniques are covered: systematic desensitization, cognitive restructuring, and modeling and guided participation. (SW)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Cognitive Objectives, Desensitization


