The Psychology of Private Events
Perspectives on Covert Response Systems
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1971
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Alfred Jacobs, Lewis B. Sachs
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 1 0 5 - 0
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 9 6 5 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 0 0 5 - 0
The Psychology of Private Events: Perspectives on Covert Response Systems provides evidence that the assessment and manipulation of private events such as thoughts, feelings, and… Read more
Purchase options
Institutional subscription on ScienceDirect
Request a sales quoteThe Psychology of Private Events: Perspectives on Covert Response Systems provides evidence that the assessment and manipulation of private events such as thoughts, feelings, and images facilitates the prediction and control of human behavior. The individual contributions represent a variety of approaches to theorizing and research into private events, and to the clinical applications or potential applications which have been generated by such study. The authors have addressed themselves in creative and ingenious ways to such diverse topics as creating resistance to temptation; developing feelings of attraction to appropriate sex objects; training people to experience less pain; and having mental hospital patients practice being happier. This book will be of primary interest to students and teachers of psychology, particularly those interested in behaviorally oriented clinical research and practice. Other professionals and teachers in the social sciences may also find it useful to become aware of the newer trends in psychology.
List of Contributors
Preface
Private Events
References
Explanation and Intention
References
The Study of Covert Verbal and Nonverbal Mediation
Introduction
Rationale for Study of Covert Mediators
Analysis of Sample Study
References
The Maintenance of Behavior by Self-Generated Stimuli and Reinforcement
Introduction
A Tentative Working Model of Self-Regulation
Self-Reinforcement
Self-Monitoring and Self-Control
Means for Achieving Self-Control
Self-Monitoring
References
Construing Hypnosis as Modifiable Behavior
Historical Perspective
Modification of Hypnotic Abilities
The Utility of Hypnotic Behaviors
References
A Second Look at Systematic Desensitization
Fear and Avoidance in Desensitization
Hierarchies and Relaxation
Relaxation
Imagery
Expectancy
References
Covert Conditioning
Covert Sensitization
Covert Reinforcement
Summary
References
Mood-Emotion-Affect: The Nature of and Manipulation of Affective States with Particular Reference to Positive Affective States and Emotional Illness
References
The Psychophysiology of Private Events
An Animal Prototype of the Human Problem of Letting Go
A Phenomenological Excursion into Somatic Psychology"
The Electropsychological Analysis of Private Events
Bio-Feedback: Controlling the "Uncontrollable"
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1971
- No. of pages (eBook): 214
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483241050
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123796509
- eBook ISBN: 9781483270050
Read The Psychology of Private Events on ScienceDirect