title: The phenomenology of behavior: an overview of behavioral principles.
abstract: Noncognitive behavioral symptoms are common in dementia and present challenges to caregivers, clinicians, and researchers. This article reviews these noncognitive symptoms from a behavioral point of view and suggests that both operant and associative conditioning principles might apply. A central feature underlying these approaches is a detailed, specific description of the behavior. Careful description combines the approach of the phenomenologist and the behaviorist but remains underappreciated and underdeveloped.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Rabins
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy