| has gloss | (noun) psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
behavior therapy, behavior modification |
| has gloss | eng: Behavior modification is the use of empirically demonstrated behavior change techniques to improve behavior, such as altering an individual's behaviors and reactions to stimuli through positive and negative reinforcement of adaptive behavior and/or the reduction of maladaptive behavior through its "extinction", punishment and/or therapy. |
| lexicalization | eng: Behavior Modification |
| lexicalization | eng: behavior therapy |
| subclass of | (noun) the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
psychotherapy |
| has subclass | (noun) a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
assertiveness training |
| has subclass | (noun) any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way; primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success)
aversion therapy |
| has subclass | (noun) a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
desensitization technique, systematic desensitization, desensitisation procedure, desensitization procedure, systematic desensitisation, desensitisation technique |
| has subclass | (noun) a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
flooding, implosion therapy |
| has subclass | (noun) a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy |
| has subclass | (noun) a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards
token economy |