¿List of Contributors
Preface
Social Influence Technique in Clinical and Community Psychology
I. Introduction
II. The Principle of Reinforcement
III. The Principle of Modeling
IV. Summary and Conclusions
References
Research on Early Detection and Prevention of Emotional Dysfunction in Young School Children
I. Introduction
II. Background for Initial Programs in Early Detection and Prevention
III. Early Detection Procedures
IV. Preventive Procedures
V. Recent Programs in Secondary Prevention
VI. Concluding Remarks
References
The Effects of Experiments' Self-Disclosure on Subjects' Behavior
I. Introduction
II. Some Effects of Experimenter-Subject Acquaintance
III. Conclusion
Appendix I: 40-Item Self-Disclosure Questionnaire Game of Invitations
Appendix II: Interview Rating Scale
Appendix III: Topics of the Interview
Appendix IV: Impression Scale
Appendix V: Discussion Topics
Appendix VI: Discussion Topics
Appendix VII: Self-Disclosure Questions
Appendix VIII: The Experience of Being a "Subject"
References
A Behavioral-Analytic Model for Assessing Competence
I. Introduction
II. Approaches to Assessment
III. Definitions of Competence
IV. A Behavioral-Analytic Method of Assessing Competence
V. The Stony Brook Study
VI. Conclusions and Implications
References
Psychophysiology and Clinical Psychology
I. Introduction
II. Theoretical Models and Their Application to Clinical Psychological Problems
III. Personality Correlates of Psychophysiological Processes
IV. Psychophysiology and Psychotherapy
V. Diagnosis
VI. Conclusions
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Current Topics in Clinical and Community Psychology, Volume 1 reviews advances in clinical and community psychology. Topics covered include theory and research in areas such as psychological assessment of intelligence, personality, and abnormal behavior; psychotherapy, broadly defined to include counseling and behavior modification; and psychophysiological and neurological determinants of personality and psychopathology.
Comprised of five chapters, this volume first illustrates how reinforcement and modeling techniques can enable psychologists to function effectively as mental health consultants and agents of social change in an institution for delinquent children. The second chapter describes a unique program designed to prevent emotional dysfunction in school children by combining effective therapeutic intervention with relevant research and evaluation. The third chapter challenges the relevance of psychological research that does not take into account the relationship between the experimenter and his subjects, and instead demonstrates the impact of experimenter self-disclosure on the responses given to psychological tests and on subjects' behavior in psychology experiments. The fourth chapter proposes a behaviorally oriented model for the assessment of positive mental health and describes a successful application of this model in the assessment of the competence of college freshmen. The final chapter relates research on human psychophysiology to problems of psychological assessment and psychotherapy that are of central concern to clinical psychologists.
This book should prove useful to practicing clinical and community psychologists, graduate and undergraduate students of psychology, and members of other mental health professions.