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This chapter is the first of two that outlines behavioral treatment strategies for children. The behavioral approach to treating childhood problems has been characterized by some researchers as a very simplistic type of therapy (i.e., the focus is only on environmental or situational variables). Other researchers characterize the approach as quite complex (i.e., the focus encompasses not only environmental, person, and cognitive variables but also the interaction among the variables). However, a fairly clear consensus has been obtained on how the behavioral approach is different from other psychological theories of personality. Kazdin (1984) cogently summarized these differences:
The behavioral approach departs from the traditional conception of behavior by rejecting inferred motives, hypothesized needs, impulses, and drives, which supposedly explain behavior. Rather, emphasis is placed upon environmental, situational, and social determinants that influence behavior. Other events within the individual, including various cognitive processes, often serve as the focus of behavioral treatment. However, these processes are specified as measurable events, and their connection to overt behavior can be evaluated empirically rather than only presumed. (pp. 13–14).
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DiLorenzo, T.M. (1988). Operant and Classical Conditioning. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Treatment Approaches in Childhood Psychopathology. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0983-3_4
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