Self-Management, First Edition gives instructors flexibility in teaching self management skills & behavior changes. With this book, students can discuss the design of hypothetical self-management projects in class or design and carry out an actual project to change their own behaviors. More importantly, it will enable students to teach these skills to others, particularly clients in their future careers. A main feature of this text is the inclusion of application exercises. These exercises can serve two functions. First, they enable students to draw together their answers and solutions in the work sheets provided to form the basis for a program design. Second, the exercises get the students actively involved in the chapter material, promoting a more detailed and full understanding of the concepts and techniques.
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Self Management First Edition gives instructors flexibility in teaching self management skills & behavior changes. With this book, students can discuss the design of hypothetical self-management projects in class or design and carry out an actual project to change their own behaviors.
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PART I The Self-Management Approach—Basic Issues Chapter 1 WHAT IS SELF-MANAGEMENT? How We Manage Our Behavior, or Don’t Benefits of Self-Management Choosing and Achieving Goals Enhancing Adjustment What Do You Want for Your Life? Life Goals and Immediate Goals Beliefs about Attaining Goals Acquiring and Changing Behavior Through Learning Respondent Conditioning Operant Conditioning Modeling Cognitive Processes in Learning Behavior—What It Is and What It Isn’t Broad Traits and Outcomes Are Not Behaviors Behavioral Deficits and Excesses How Self-Management Methods Developed Beginnings of Behavior Modification Growth of Behavior Modification Study and Review Application Exercise Chapter 2 EFFECTIVE APPLICATIONS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT How We Know Self-Management Works Target Behaviors and Behavioral Goals Did a Program to Change Behavior Work? Using Data in Managing Your Behavior Why Use Data? Accuracy of the Data Graphing Your Data Making a Graph Using Graphs Examples of Effective Behavior Change Programs Behavior Modification Programs Self-Management Programs Study and Review Application Exercise Chapter 3 SPECIFYING AND ASSESSING WHAT YOU WANT TO CHANGE Specifying Your Target Behaviors Defining Operant Behaviors Defining Respondent Behaviors Alternative Behaviors and Competing Responses Assessing Your Behavior What Types of Data Can You Use? How to Assess Your Behavior Timing Your Assessments and Making Them Accurate Practical Issues in Keeping Records Setting Up a Recording System Problems in Keeping Records What about Baseline Records? What Functions Does Your Behavior Serve? Assessing the Functions of Behavior Recording Data for a Functional Assessment Going a Step Beyond: The Functional Analysis Tips on Specifying and Assessing Your Behavior Study and Review Application Exercise PART II Techniques for Changing Operant Behavior Chapter 4 IDENTIFYING, DEVELOPING, AND MANAGING OPERANT ANTECEDENTS How Antecedents Affect Our Behavior How We Learn Antecedents Learning a Discrimination Developing Stimulus Control Identifying Antecedents Antecedents for Behavioral Excesses Antecedents for Behavioral Deficits Developing or Applying New Antecedents Prompting, Fading, and Modeling Environmental Changes Cognitive Strategies Managing Existing Antecedents Avoiding and Narrowing Techniques Cognitive Approaches Altering Antecedent Chains Tips on Managing Antecedents Study and Review Application Exercise Chapter 5 CONSEQUENCES TO INCREASE OR DECREASE OPERANT BEHAVIOR How Consequences Affect Our Behavior What Is Reinforcement? What Are Extinction and Punishment? Positive and Negative Reinforcement Types of Positive Reinforcers Negative Reinforcement in Escape and Avoidance Identifying and Selecting Reinforcers Direct Assessment Methods Indirect Assessment Methods How to Administer Reinforcement Who Will Administer Reinforcement? Shaping and Chaining Timing and Scheduling Reinforcement Extinction and Punishment to Decrease a Behavior Identifying and Controlling Reinforcement for Extinction The Process of and Factors in Extinction Types of Punishment Self-Administration of Punishment Other Strategies for Decreasing a Behavior Tips on Managing Consequences Tips for Using Reinforcement Tips for Using Extinction and Punishment Study and Review Application Exercise PART III Behavioral and Cognitive Methods to Change Emotional Behaviors and Beliefs Chapter 6 BEHAVIORAL METHODS FOR CHANGING RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR: FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS Respondent Conditioning in Real Life The Content and Process of Respondent Conditioning Conditioned Emotional Responses Other Respondent Behaviors Assessing Our Feelings and Thoughts Analyzing the Functions of Our Feelings and Thoughts Antecedents Behavior Consequences Behavioral Methods to Reduce Unwanted Feelings and Thoughts Underlying Principles: Extinction and Counterconditioning The Systematic Desensitization Technique Tips on Using Behavioral Methods to Reduce Respondent Behaviors Study and Review Application Exercise Chapter 7 AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE METHODS FOR CHANGING EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR AND BELIEFS Relaxation Techniques Progressive Muscle Relaxation Meditation Rapid Relaxation Induction Covert Conditioning Covert Sensitization Covert Positive Reinforcement Cognitive–Behavioral Coping Techniques Self Statements Thought Stopping and Distraction Cognitive Methods: Restructuring and Problem Solving Cognitive Restructuring Skills Problem Solving Skills Tips on Using Affective and Cognitive Techniques Study and Review Application Exercise PART IV Carrying Out Self-Management Programs Chapter 8 PUTTING TECHNIQUES TOGETHER FOR AN EFFECTIVE SELF-MANAGEMENT PLAN Combining Techniques for a Self-Management Program Identifying Possible Techniques to Use Examples of Multidimensional Programs What Will Make the Best Program for You? What Makes a Self-Management Plan Good? Deciding Which Techniques to Use Motivational Factors to Consider People’s Readiness to Change Ways to Enhance Motivation to Change Assembling Materials for Your Program Developing a Behavioral Contract Preparing Other Program Materials Tips on Designing Your Self-Management Plan Study and Review Application Exercise Chapter 9 TAKING ACTION: IMPLEMENTING YOUR PLAN Getting Started Beginning with Baseline Recording and Graphing Your Data Using Arithmetic Calculations Is the Program Working? How to Assess a Program’s Progress Problems in Graphic Analyses Troubleshooting and Improving a Program Why a Program Isn’t Working How to Improve a Program Tips on Using Data and Improving Your Program Study and Review Application Exercise Chapter 10 THE FUTURE: MAINTAINING YOUR BEHAVIOR CHANGES Will the Behavior Changes Last? Relapses in Behavior Why Relapses Occur How to Maintain the Changed Behavior Thinning Reinforcement Promoting Natural Reinforcement Promoting Generalization of the Behavior Cognitive–Behavioral Approaches Booster Programs and Buddy Systems How Successful Self-Management Leads to a Happier Life Tips on Maintaining Your Changed Behavior Study and Review Application Exercise
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PART I The Self-Management Approach?Basic Issues
Chapter 1 WHAT IS SELF-MANAGEMENT?
Chapter 2 EFFECTIVE APPLICATIONS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT
Chapter 3 SPECIFYING AND ASSESSING WHAT YOU WANT TO
CHANGE
PART II Techniques for Changing Operant Behavior
Chapter 4 IDENTIFYING, DEVELOPING, AND MANAGING OPERANT
ANTECEDENTS
Chapter 5 CONSEQUENCES TO INCREASE OR DECREASE OPERANT
BEHAVIOR
PART III Behavioral and Cognitive Methods to Change Emotional
Behaviors and Beliefs
Chapter 6 BEHAVIORAL METHODS FOR CHANGING RESPONDENT
BEHAVIOR: FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS
Chapter 7 AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE METHODS FOR CHANGING
EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR AND BELIEFS
PART IV Carrying Out Self-Management Programs
Chapter 8 PUTTING TECHNIQUES TOGETHER FOR AN EFFECTIVE
SELF-MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter 9 TAKING ACTION: IMPLEMENTING YOUR PLAN
Chapter 10 THE FUTURE: MAINTAINING YOUR BEHAVIOR
CHANGES
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780470571514
Publisert
2010-12-21
Utgiver
Vendor
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Vekt
318 gr
Høyde
231 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272
Forfatter
Biographical note
Edward P. Sarafino is a professor of psychology and is on the board of trustees for The College of New Jersey. He received his BA from Chico State University and his doctorate from the University of Colorado.