1st Edition

Conditioning Behavior and Psychiatry

By Thomas A. Ban, W. Horsley Gantt Copyright 1964
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Conditioning is one of the core methods of psychiatry. It is a behavioral method, with a stimulus-response constellation. The stimulus itself can be measured, changed, and combined, and the responses can be measured qualitatively and quantitatively. Conditioning uses the conditional reflex phenomenon. During the conditioning procedure, responses to certain stimuli are acquired where no responses... Read more
One: From Overt Behavior to Neurophysiology; 1: Introduction and Historical Background; 2: Behavioral Observations; 3: Pavlov’s Brain Model and Concepts; 4: The Neurophysiological Basis of Conditioning; Two: Pavlovian Psychiatry; 5: Pavlovian General Psychopathology; 6: Pavlovian Clinical Psychopathology; Three: From Animal Experiments to Human Test Procedures; 7: Conditioning Techniques; 8: Diagnostic Test Procedures; Four: Conditioning in Psychiatry; 9: General and Clinical Psychopathology; 10: Treatment in Psychiatry; Five: Critical Evaluation; 11: Critical Evaluation

Biography

Thomas A. Ban, W. Horsley Gantt