Beginnings of Behavioral Therapy:
- Reactionary Movement Against Psychoanalysis and Non-Scientific Approaches
- Early Pioneers
- Joseph Wolpe – Systematic desensitization
- Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner, and Operant Conditioning
- Another ubiquitous form of learning
- Most voluntary behavior is controlled by the consequences that follow behavior
- Learning Traditions Greatly Influenced the Development of Behavior Therapy
- Behavior therapy tends to be time-limited and direct
- Strong evidence supporting the efficacy of behavior therapies

Bruce M. Gale