Each chapter begins with an Outline and Learning Objectives to help guide students" reading. * Key terms are highlighted in bold throughout the narrative of the text. * End-of-chapter materials include a "Tips for Typical Topics" (such as time management, shyness, and overeating) that suggest specific applications of the general principles treated in the chapter; a Chapter Summary; and a step in the "Your Own Self-Direction Project." * Each chapter includes another step in the "Your Own Self-Direction Project," a sample project for students to complete that will help them understand what a completed self-modification project looks like and how to plan one for themselves. * Case examples demonstrate how the authors" own students have successfully used the book"s techniques, including one student who used shaping to gradually increase her ability to study, and another who learned to be more sure of himself on dates by consciously modeling a friend"s confident behavior.