Theories of Behavior Therapy covers the spectrum of major theories relevant to contemporary behavior therapy, with contributions from the leading proponents of the theories described. Among the behavioral theories that this book explores are moral regulation, traumatic memory, learned alarms, bioinformation, self-control, coercion, information processing, and relapse prevention - as well as evolutionary, feminist, and Marxist perspectives. It examines hypothesis-based interventions for clinical decision making, functional analytic psychotherapy, and interbehavioral psychology. For each theory, a recognized expert in the field offers a thorough description - including underlying assumptions, scope and structure, and specific assertions - and highlights important features. O'Donohue and Krasner set the stage with an overview of what theory is in general and what role it plays in science, discussing influential figures from Skinner to Laudan. They present a brief history of behavior therapy and its theoretical foundations, evaluate each of the theories presented, and conclude with directions for further research.

Theories in behavior therapy : philosophical and historical contexts / William O'Donohue, Leonard Krasner -- Reciprocal inhibition : major agent of behavior change / Joseph Wolpe -- Reconceptualizing reinforcement : a causal-system approach to reinforcement and behavior change / William Timberlake -- Molar regulatory theory and behavior therapy / Kevin J. Tierney -- The matching law as a theory of choice in behavior therapy / James P. Noll -- Two-factor fear theory : implications for understanding anxiety-based clinical phenomena / Wallace R. McAllister, Dorothy E. McAllister -- Decoding traumatic memory : implosive theory of psychopathology / Donald J. Levis -- Learned alarms : the origins of panic / Michele M. Carter, David H. Barlow -- Bioinformational theory and behavior therapy / David J. Drobes, Peter J. Lang -- Self-control theory / Paul Karoly -- A developmental perspective on behavior therapy / M. Christine Lovejoy, Barbara Hawk -- Coercion : a two-level theory of antisocial behavior / James J. Snyder -- Self-efficacy theory of behavioral change : foundations, conceptual issues, and therapeutic implications / Daniel Cervone, Walter D. Scott -- Attribution theory : clinical applications / Gerald I. Metalsky [and others] -- An information-processing theory of the measurement of social competence / Elizabeth C. McDonel -- A theory of relapse prevention / D.R. Laws -- Evolutionary theory and behavior therapy / James V. Corwin, William O'Donohue -- Feminist theory and cognitive behaviorism / Felicity Allen -- Marxist theory and behavior therapy / Jerome D. Ulman -- The dialectics of effective treatment of borderline personality disorder / Marsha M. Linehan, Henry Schmidt III -- Hypothesis-based interventions : a theory of clinical decision making / Alan C. Repp [and others] -- Interbehavioral psychology : critical, systematic, and integrative approach to clinical services / Dennis J. Delprato -- Functional analytic psychotherapy : a behavioral approach to intensive treatment / Robert J. Kohlenberg, Mavis Tsai -- Paradigmatic behaviorism and paradigmatic behavior therapy / Arthur W. Staats -- Theories of behavior therapy and scientific progress / William O'Donohue, Leonard Krasner.