Abstract
Behavior modification encompasses a variety of conceptual and theoretical positions, methodological approaches, treatment techniques, and historical developments. Because behavior modification is not a monolithic approach, it is important to convey the range of developments that converged over the course of the history of the field. This chapter traces the history of behavior modification as a general movement. Individual conceptual approaches and techniques that comprise behavior modification are obviously important in tracing the history, but they are examined as part of the larger development rather than as ends in their own right. This chapter examines major influences that finally led to the formal development of behavior modification and behavior therapy.1
Preparation of this chapter was facilitated by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH31047). The material in the chapter is based on a more extensive examination of the history of behavior modification (Kazdin, 1978b) completed under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences.
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