Momentum, Matching, And Meaning: Toward a Fuller Exploitation of Operant Principles‪.‬

The present paper reviews the clinical utility of behavioral momentum and matching theory. It is suggested that these concepts--deriving from operant psychology--outline powerful interventions that are sometimes, incorrectly, thought of as contrary to behaviorism. It is also suggested that these concepts, and the interventions deriving from them, are consistent with DeGrandpre's (2000) notion that behaviorism is a theory of the construction of meaning. **********