Fear generalization, in which conditioned fear responses generalize or spread to related
stimuli, is a defining feature of anxiety disorders. The behavioral consequences of …

Throughout much of the past two decades, contextual behavioral science has been applied
to a diverse spectrum of psychological phenomena. This intellectual voyage into uncharted …

This chapter introduces the origins of, as well as arguments and evidence for, relational
frame theory (RFT). It presents the study of arbitrarily applicable relational responding …

Despite the central status of avoidance in explaining the etiology and maintenance of
anxiety disorders, surprisingly little behavioral research has been conducted on human …

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a contextual–behavioral approach to
psychotherapy and other behavioral health concerns that has progressively attracted …

Excessive avoidance towards innocuous cues is a central diagnostic criterion across anxiety-
related disorders. Relevant laboratory paradigms typically include instrumental learning …

Relational frame theory (RFT) is a contemporary behavior-analytic account of language and
cognition. Since it was first outlined in 1985, RFT has generated considerable controversy …

Avoidance of threatening or unpleasant events is usually an adaptive behavioural strategy.
Sometimes, however, avoidance can become chronic and lead to impaired daily functioning …

Directly conditioned fear and avoidance readily generalises to dissimilar but conceptually
related stimuli. Here, for the first time, we examined the conceptual/semantic generalisation …

Humans have an unparalleled ability to engage in arbitrarily applicable relational
responding (AARR). One of the consequences of this ability to spontaneously combine and …