Behavior Modification
What It Is and How to Do It
Behavior Modification is a comprehensive, practical presentation of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. It introduces forms of behavior modification ranging from helping children learn necessary life skills, to training pets, to solving personal behavior problems. It teaches practical “how-to” skills, including discerning long-term effects; designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral programs; interpreting behavioral episodes; observing and recording behaviors; and recognizing instances of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment.
This accompanying Instructor and Student Resources site provides free digital materials designed to test student knowledge and save time when preparing lessons. The resources include:
- Over 700 multiple-choice and true-or-false questions for students to test their knowledge of the material
- Interactive flashcards for each chapter to help support students’ study
- Downloadable lecture slides designed to save instructors’ time
- Instructor access to practicum exercises and a modified form of Bloom’s Taxonomy and how it was applied to the Questions for Learning
About the Authors
Garry Martin is internationally known for his nine co-authored or co-edited books, 177 journal articles, and 106 invited conference presentations in six countries on various areas in behavioral modification, including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and sport psychology. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Canadian Psychological Association and an induction into the Royal Society of Canada.
Joseph Pear was internationally known for his work in both basic and applied behavior analysis. In addition to co-authoring this book with Garry, he has authored two other books and authored or co-authored 12 book chapters, six encyclopedia entries, seven published conference proceedings, two invited newsletter contributions, 60 invited conference presentations and symposia, and 57 peer-reviewed journal articles in diverse areas of basic and applied behavior analysis. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including being elected a fellow in both Division 6 (“Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology”) and Division 25 (“Behavior Analysis”) of the American Psychological Association.
How to Use This Site
Multiple-choice questions, true-or-false questions, and flashcards are available for each chapter to help students test their knowledge of the concepts and key words presented throughout the textbook.
Students can use the site to answer the Questions for Learningseen throughout the textbook and compare their answers to the correct answer provided on completion of their response.
Instructor resources can be found on the Instructor Hub. This includes PowerPoint lecture slides to save instructors’ time, answers to the Questions for Learning as well as the thinking levels for each question based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, and exercises to use in the classroom.