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Theoretical Foundations of Behavior Therapy

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Hans J. Eysenck

    1. Institute of Psychiatry, London, England

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  2. Irene Martin

    1. Institute of Psychiatry, London, England

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Part of the book series: Perspectives on Individual Differences (PIDF)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Behavior Therapy

      • H. J. Eysenck
      Pages 3-35

    3. Behavior Modification

      • Angela Schorr
      Pages 37-54

  3. Conditioning Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Animal Conditioning and Learning Theory

      • Anthony Dickinson
      Pages 57-79

    3. A Primate Model of Phobic Fears

      • Susan Mineka
      Pages 81-111

    4. Evaluative Conditioning A Case for Hedonic Transfer

      • A. B. Levey, Irene Martin
      Pages 113-131

    5. Knowledge, Action, and Control

      • Irene Martin, A. B. Levey
      Pages 133-151

    6. Operant Conditioning The Hiatus between Theory and Practice in Clinical Psychology

      • C. F. Lowe, P. J. Horne, P. J. Higson
      Pages 153-165

    7. Language Conditioning Clinical Issues and Applications in Behavior Therapy

      • Georg H. Eifert
      Pages 167-193

  4. Cognitive Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Trait Anxiety and Cognition

      • Michael W. Eysenck, Andrew Mathews
      Pages 197-216

    3. Clinical Anxiety and Cognition

      • Andrew Mathews, Michael W. Eysenck
      Pages 217-234

    4. Cognitive Theories of Depression

      • M. J. Power
      Pages 235-255

    5. Cognitive Treatment of Depression

      • J. M. G. Williams
      Pages 257-275

    6. Cognitive Theories of Motivation

      • Chris R. Brewin
      Pages 277-293

    7. Emotion, Cognition, and Action

      • Leslie S. Greenberg, Jeremy Safran
      Pages 295-311

  5. Description and the Organization of Behavior

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 313-313
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    2. Prospects for Theoretical Progress in Behavior Therapy

      • R. S. Hallam
      Pages 315-329
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About this book

In this book we have attempted to confront a number of issues that are intimately related to the theoretical basis of behavior therapy. We believe that behavior therapy is an extremely efficient procedure for the treatment of neurotic disorders; that it is based on certain principles derived from learning theory; and that it is unique in using basic scientific principles in psychology in the service of applied and practical ends. We believe that we are here dealing with much more than the advantageous use of serendipitous borrowings from nonexistent principles, the cookbook collection of precepts, methods, and working rules that happen to have lasting effects. We also believe that there is truly a general principle unde. rlying behavior therapy, rather than a varied mass of nonintegrated therapies that have little in common other than a name. These beliefs are often contes ted, but usually those who oppose them do so on the basis of misconceptions and misunderstandings that indicate a lack of knowledge of fundamental facts. It is the purpose of this book to remove these misconceptions and misunderstandings, and to bring up to date our knowledge in certain fundamental areas of learning theory, behavior therapy, and the biological foundations of per­ sonality and individual differences. There are three major groups of misconceptions and misunderstandings. The first of these relates to beliefs held by many psychiatrists and cognitive psychologists relating to behavior therapy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Psychiatry, London, England

    Hans J. Eysenck, Irene Martin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theoretical Foundations of Behavior Therapy

  • Editors: Hans J. Eysenck, Irene Martin

  • Series Title: Perspectives on Individual Differences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0827-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42634-6Published: 30 September 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0829-2Published: 20 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0827-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 474

  • Topics: General Psychology, Clinical Psychology

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