behaviour therapy

Behaviour Therapy

What is Behaviour Therapy?

You might of heared of Pavlov's dogs. This was an early example of behavioural work, whereby a Russian scientist (you guessed it - Pavlov!) showed that he could get some dogs to drool whenever he rang a bell. Basically he did this by teaching them that the bell meant food was about to arrive.

Modern day behavioural techniques continue to work on the premise of changing what people do by teaching them to respond to things in a different way.

Behaviour therapy aims solely at changing what people do, it's not really interested in what's going on in your head. It's been shown over time to be pretty effective.

In the past, criticism has been aimed at this form of therapy. This is because it can be pretty unpleasant. However, most modern techniques concentrate on using rewards rather than punishment. It is also commonly used when people have communications problems, for example people with mental handicap.

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* RECOMMENDED BOOKS *

If you are interested in going into even more depth, the following book(s), sold by Amazon.co.uk, are recommended by us. Each is followed by a rating for ease of reading (1-3).

1=Simple and Easy to comprehend.
2=More Complex but still a good read.
3=Very Complex, only for professionals/those studying to degree level.

Basic Behaviour Therapy (Murdoch & Barker)

RATING SCORE = 2 Well written and designed to be able to be used by novices, although the concepts are quite complex.

Behavior Analysis (Leslie & O'Reilly)

RATING SCORE = 3 Published in 2000, a comprehensive account of Behaviour Analysis from the US.

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