Some Clinical Implications of Rule-Governed Behavior

Abstract

(from the chapter) such radical behaviorist conceptualizations as verbal behavior, private events, and rule-governed behavior could be very useful in verbally based treatment strategies but therapists, of "behavior" as well as "psycho-" persuasion, have developed their own separate concepts of emotions and cognitions /// the purpose of this chapter is to show that both cognitivists and behaviorists have much in common /// a taxonomy of behavior, consisting of four major modalities [motoric, verbal, visceral, observational], each of which contains members that are publicly observable (overt) and privately observable (covert) /// rational-emotive therapy / self-efficacy theory (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2002 APA, all rights reserved)