ABSTRACT
This chapter explains that for radical behaviourists to study the role of private events in controlling behaviour is to fulfil the obligations of their theoretical position. Several Cognitive behaviour (CBM) modification studies and recent human operant research point to the importance of such an investigation. A behavioural analysis must benefit the practice of CBM. The clinical psychologist should have a great deal to gain from the integration of behavioural and CBM approaches; not least of the benefits should be a better understanding of behavioural relationships and more effective therapy. The therapeutic applications of self-instructional behaviour cover a wide variety of behaviour problems and clinical populations, for example, children with impulsive/aggressive behaviours, mentally handicapped children, depressed adults, overweight adults, brain-damaged and schizophrenic patients. It is ironic that the clinical population which inspired D. Meichenbaum's research on self-instructional training, namely, schizophrenics, is the population which has yielded some of the most equivocal data on the efficacy of self-instructional training.
