title: Behaviour modification by successive approximation: Saxon age examples from Bede.
abstract: This paper describes the treatment of a case of mutism in Saxon England. The shaping procedure employed was similar to that reported in modern behaviour modification studies. The paper quotes from a seventh century papal letter showing an understanding of the principle of shaping as applied to populations.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Norfolk, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cliffe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000266:history*; D004739:England; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009155:Mutism / Q000266:history*; D012069:Religion and Psychology