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In both theory and practice, most forms of Behavior Therapy exclude insight as a treatment goal and even as a means to the attainment of other treatment goals. In modern behavior theory, however, the phenomena of cognition and insight are admissible and important topics for scientific inquiry. Recent studies show that learning can be dramatically facilitated by awareness. Ignoring the human capacity for insight in a psychotherapeutic system may be foolishly inefficient. These principles are clarified in an illustrative case.
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Peterson, D.R., London, P. Neobehavioristic psychotherapy: Quasihypnotic suggestion and multiple reinforcement in the treatment of a case of postinfantile dyscopresis. Psychol Rec 14, 469–474 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03396020
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