HyperDic: behavior_modification

English > 1 sense of the expression behavior modification:
NOUNactbehavior modification, behavior therapypsychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
English > behavior modification: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningpsychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior.
Synonymbehavior therapy
Narrowerassertiveness trainingA method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
aversion therapyAny technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way
desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisationA technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety
implosion therapy, floodingA technique used in behavior therapy
reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapyA method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it
token economyA form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions
BroaderpsychotherapyThe treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

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