Edward P. Sarafino – författare

Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles & Procedures for Modifying Behavior provides today's students with a handbook to help them design and conduct interventions to modify behaviors when they enter professional careers. This text will serve as a resource for students who plan to become behavior analysts to design and conduct interventions to change clients’ behaviors.Author, Ed Sarafino provides an understanding of the fundamental techniques of applied behavior analysis by presenting its concepts and procedures in a logical sequence and giving clear definitions and examples of each technique. The text will guide students to learn, how to identify and define the behavior to be changed and how a response is determined by its antecedents and consequences,usable, practical skills by specifically stating the purpose of each technique, describing how it is carried out, and presenting guidelines and tips to maximize its effectiveness,why and how to design a program to change a behavioral deficit or excess by conducting a functional assessment and then selecting and combining techniques that can be directed at the behavior itself and its antecedents and consequences, and,to illustrate why and how to collect and analyze data.Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles & Procedures for Modifying Behavior is available in alternate versions (eBooks and custom) for professors and students. For more information, visit the "Instructor's Resource" tab or "Student Resource" tab below.

Explore multiple disciplines to understand the impact of psychology on health, and vice versaIn the newly revised 10th edition of Health Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions, a team of dedicated psychologists delivers an insightful and multidisciplinary demonstration of the impact of psychology and health on one another. Relying heavily on cross-cultural data, the book offers a sweeping and inclusive picture of health psychology and includes local and global research and case studies.The authors have included boxed materials in each chapter that directs the reader’s attention to the right information at the right time. Behavioral, physiological, cognitive, and social/personality viewpoints are addressed throughout the text and a strong focus on lifespan development in health and illness pervades the material. Readers will also find: Psychological perspectives on a wide variety of health issues from various parts of the worldHighlights of what works for practicing psychologists and what doesn’t when their work intersects with other fields in healthExpansive treatments of topics like the effect of stress on health, the impact of adverse childhood experiences, and the interaction between religiosity and healthHealth Psychology: Biopsychosocial Interactions is an essential resource for undergraduate students in psychology with an interest in health. It’s also invaluable for allied health professionals, addictions counselors, dietitians and nutritionists, and social workers seeking an authoritative resource on the effect of psychology on their daily work.

Self-Management, First Edition gives instructors flexibility in teaching self management skills & behavior changes.  With this book, students can discuss the design of hypothetical self-management projects in class or design and carry out an actual project to change their own behaviors.  More importantly, it will enable students to teach these skills to others, particularly clients in their future careers.  A main feature of this text is the inclusion of application exercises.  These exercises can serve two functions.  First, they enable students to draw together their answers and solutions in the work sheets provided to form the basis for a program design.  Second, the exercises get the students actively involved in the chapter material, promoting a more detailed and full understanding of the concepts and techniques.