(Ebook) Self–Management: Using Behavioral and Cognitive Principles to Manage Your Life by Edward P. Sarafino ISBN 9780470571514, 0470571519

(Ebook) Self–Management: Using Behavioral and Cognitive Principles to Manage Your Life by Edward P. Sarafino ISBN 9780470571514, 0470571519

Self-Management, First Editiongives instructors flexibility in teaching self management skills & behavior changes.  With this book, students can discuss the design of hypothetical self-management projects in class or design and carry out an actual project to change their own behaviors.  More importantly, it will enable students to teach these skills to others, particularly clients in their future careers.  A main feature of this text is the inclusion of application exercises.  These exercises can serve two functions.  First, they enable students to draw together their answers and solutions in the work sheets provided to form the basis for a program design.  Second, the exercises get the students actively involved in the chapter material, promoting a more detailed and full understanding of the concepts and techniques. This text was designed toProvide an understanding of fundamental self-management techniques by presenting itsconcepts and procedures in a logical sequence and giving clear definitions and examplesof each technique• Teach students how to pinpoint and define the behavior to be changed and how abehavior is determined by its antecedents and consequencesTeach usable, practical skills by describing the purpose and procedure for each techniqueand presenting guidelines and tips to maximize its effectiveness• Describe why and how to collect and analyze behavioral data• Describe why and how to design a program to change one's own behavioral deficitor excess by conducting a functional assessment and then selecting and combiningtechniques that can be directed at the behavior itself and its antecedents andconsequences