behavior therapy
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(noun) psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
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Synonyms: behavior modification |
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Related Words: assertiveness training, aversion therapy, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, flooding, implosion therapy, psychotherapy, reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy, systematic desinsitization, token economy |
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