It may be possible to reduce significantly the amount of consultation time required in applying behavior modification techniques to classroom behavior problems if modifications are made in certain procedures commonly associated with a behavioral approach, including recording frequency data, teaching behavioral principles in individual cases,…

Presents twelve reasons why educators should be wary of behavior modification. (JF)

Answers criticisms of and questions about behavior modification. (JF)

The data on physical fitness, body attitude and self-concept support the contention that a healthy attitude progresses through the physical sphere. (Author)

Using behavior modification as an example of educational innovation, author shows that school systems are inherently unable to sustain innovation, in curriculum or methods, over a long period of time. (SP)

Contends that sensitivity training and brainwashing are essentially different, though superficially similar in form and in that they involve behavior change and are based on explicable theories of learning and human behavior. Brainwashing is coercive and based on distrust; sensitivity training is collaborative and based on trust. (Author/JB)

The article concludes that authority oriented groups and trainers were least successful. Significant linkages have been found between data oriented trainers and two learning goals, and between people oriented trainers and two other goals. (Author)

Undergraduates, trained to discriminate understanding from nonunderstanding statements, verbally reinforced each statement they felt to be understanding during counselor interviews. Ratings indicated that beginning counselors had increased their understanding statements, suggesting that such statements can be a function of the number of…

Described are the services offered by a consultative resource team to elementary school teachers in three Virginia counties who need help in controlling disruptive classroom behavior and improving students' academic performance. (KW)

Children's behavior was recorded on video tape; children then viewed themselves from a different perspective and were encouraged to make self-assessments. No controls were used, but several examples of behavior improvement were noted. (Author)

This study investigated the therapeutic feasibility of self-administered punishment of imagined behavior. With heavy-smoking males, the imagined-smoking treatment was the only highly effective therapy. It was significantly more effective than the placebo or actual-smoking treatments, and it replicated. (Author)