This article reviews the behavioral neuroscience of extinction, the phenomenon in which a
behavior that has been acquired through Pavlovian or instrumental (operant) learning …

Behavioral treatment gains established in one setting do not always maintain in other
settings. The present review examines the relevance of basic and translational research to …

Behavior Modification: What It Is and How to Do It is a comprehensive, practical presentation
of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. Appropriate for …

To address dangerous problem behavior exhibited by children while explicitly avoiding
physical management procedures, we systematically replicated and extended the skill …

Discontinuation of the contingency between a response and its reinforcer sometimes
produces a temporary increase in the response before its rate decreases, a phenomenon …

Behavioral treatments arranging differential reinforcement effectively treat severe problem
behavior while interventions are underway. However, many events challenge these …

Avoidance is generally adaptive, yet excessive rates of avoidance can become maladaptive
and lead to functional impairment and psychopathology. Laboratory-based treatment …

Instructions presented during discrete trial training (DTT) may evoke problem behavior and
exacerbate social avoidance in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Given the …

In their review of synthesis within the functional analysis (FA) literature, Slaton and Hanley
(2018) reported that most synthesized contingency analyses have included multiple …

Psychotherapy is often regarded as the connecting point between the East and West. Many
of the core concepts in psychotherapy can be traced back to the key elements within the …