Open AccessVerbal behavior in clinical context: behavior analysis methodological contributions
Author(s) -
Denis Roberto Zamignani,
Sônia Beatriz Meyer
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
revista brasileira de terapia comportamental e cognitiva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-3541
pISSN - 1517-5545
DOI - 10.31505/rbtcc.v9i2.242
Subject(s) - categorization , session (web analytics) , psychology , context (archaeology) , reliability (semiconductor) , point (geometry) , process (computing) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , data science , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , geometry , mathematics , world wide web , biology , operating system , quantum mechanics
This article discusses methodological aspects involved in psychotherapy research, especially the so called process research, that identifies the change processes occurring in the client-therapist’s interaction from a behavior analytic point of view. Brazilian behavior-analytic studies of session analysis illustrate the discussed matters. Issues concerning the categorization of behaviors in clinical interaction, such as the nature of events that compose a group of categories, criteria for reliability and validity of a categorization system, delimitation of the occurrence and registration unit in social interactions and the appropriated measures are discussed. Lastly, different strategies are presented for categorized data systematization, as well as some of the limitations and advantages of each.