ABSTRACT Behavior therapists view psychopathology differently from dynamically oriented therapists, in that behaviorists are taught to regard symptoms 9rimarily as sets of learned behaviors rather than cues to underlying psychological disorders. Even though there is a split among behaviorists as to which procedure is best to follow, there are some special strengths of the behavioral viewpoint: ...

Overview of Theory When Rotter developed his Social Learning Theory, the dominant perspective in clinical psychology at the time was Freud's Psychoanalysis, which focused on people's deepseated instinctual motives as determining behavior. Individuals were seen as being naive to their unconscious impulses, and treatment required long-term analysis of childhood experience. Even learning approache...

PRINCIPLES OF ABA Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a data-based process of systematically applying interventions based on the principles of behaviorism to improve socially significant behaviors. Behaviorism is a learning perspective and a philosophy of psychology based on the idea that all which we do, including our thoughts, feelings, and actions, are regarded as behaviors. ABA methods demon...