behavior_modification (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *behavior modification*:
NOUN	act	behavior modification, behavior therapy	psychotherapy 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
Meaning	psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior.
Synonym	behavior therapy
Narrower	assertiveness training	A method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
	aversion therapy	Any 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 desensitisation	A technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety
	implosion therapy, flooding	A technique used in behavior therapy
	reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy	A method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it
	token economy	A form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions
Broader	psychotherapy	The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

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