A combination of techniques has proved effective in treatment of emotionally disturbed children in a residential center. The approach, using the techniques of behavior modification and group work, yielded both individual and group gains. (Author)

An automated technique which included an answering time delay, audio-visual tutoring, and extrinsic reinforcement, attempted to change the conceptual tempo of sixth grade disadvantaged children. Results indicate the children did become more reflective in their thinking and responding. (ST)

The author examines the traditional emphasis of health educators in preventive approaches to smoking behavior and suggests (through a brief literature review) specific techniques that may be useful in aiding those who would stop smoking. (MJB)

Contends that some of the gravest problems that minorities face today have their origins in the mususe of science and technology. Describes the activities of eugenicists; the treatment of children labeled hyperkinetic, and the most recent techniques of "psycho-surgery" aimed at curbing violence in those labeled mentally ill. (Author)

Investigates the efficacy of two behavioral self-control procedures as additions to the typical treatment for college students' study behavior--study skills advice. Predicted self-monitoring would be an effective treatment addition to study skills advice and study skills advice would be superior to the control groups. Results supported…

Describes the use of systematic desensitization with a group to reduce anxiety about public speaking. (EJT)

In a study of aversive control of smoking behavior, subjects were randomly assigned to rapid smoking, excessive smoking, or control conditions. Overall, there was a statistically reliable treatment effect, according to measures of percentage reductions in smoking and subjects maintaining total abstinence. However, this treatment effect had…

After briefly citing the wide scope and diversity of token programs, and reviewing some of these programs for adolescents in greater detail, the authors describe the structure and operation of a residential behavior modification program for emotionally disturbed, pre-delinquent, and mentally retarded adolescents. (Author)

This study reported two attempts to investigate the efficacy of utilizing modeling procedures to alter one's level of behavioral persistence and to measure the extent to which learning occurred following exposure to models. (Author/RK)

Examined the effects of two time-out (TO) procedures (within-room and out-of-room), on compliance and oppositional behavior. A total of 24 5-year-olds and their mothers were observed in three experimental conditions, pretraining, training, posttraining. Both out-of-room and within-room TO reduced oppositional behavior and increased compliance.…

The University of Wisconsin at Madison offers free counseling sessions to help take the trauma out of taking tests. (Author/MLF)

In this study a signalling device and counter were used to provide immediate reinforcement for appropriate behavior. The results suggested the apparatus could be a useful addition to the repertoire of school personnel for the modification of inappropriate classroom behavior. (Author/BW)

College students were treated with either a standard or modified version of systematic desensitization. Relative to a no-treatment control group, both treatment methods produced significant reductions in both the treated and untreated fears. The implications these findings have for two alternative conceptions of systematic desensitization are…

The following behavior modification procedures were studied with hospitalized alcoholics: videotaped self-confrontation of drunken behavior, discrimination training for blood alcohol concentration, aversion training for overconsumption, discriminated avoidance practice, alcohol education, alternatives training, and behavior counseling. Some…