reinforcement therapy
1reinforcement therapy — Psychol. a behavior modification technique in which appropriate behavior is strengthened through systematic reinforcement. * * * reinforcement therapy, psychological therapy designed to restore normal behavior by rewarding a patient whenever he… …
2reinforcement therapy — Psychol. a behavior modification technique in which appropriate behavior is strengthened through systematic reinforcement. * * * …
3reinforcement therapist — reinforcement therapist, a person who practices reinforcement therapy …
4Community reinforcement and family training — Community reinforcement approach (CRA) and community reinforcement and family training approach (CRAFT) are behavior therapy approaches to treating substance abuse. Contents 1 Research 2 Drug policy 3 Professional organizations …
5Behaviour therapy — is a form of psychotherapy used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, phobias, and other forms of psychopathology. Its philosophical roots can be found in the school of behaviorism, which states that psychological matters can be studied… …
6behaviour therapy — or behaviour modification Application of experimentally derived principles of learning to the treatment of psychological disorders and the control of behaviour. The concept, which has its roots in the work of Edward L. Thorndike, was popularized… …
7Communal reinforcement — is a social phenomenon in which a concept or idea is repeatedly asserted in a community, regardless of whether sufficient empirical evidence has been presented to support it. Over time, the concept or idea is reinforced to become a strong belief… …
8Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy — (CBT) Behavioral techniques concern activities that may be modified by reflex action without much cogitation on the part of the subject. As operant conditioning was conceived by Burrhus Frederick Skinner (1904–1990) notably in his book… …
9Motivational therapy — (or MT) is a combination of humanistic treatment and enhanced cognitive behavioral strategies, designed to treat substance abuse. It is similar to Motivational Interviewing and Motivational Enhancement Therapy Method The focus of motivational… …
10Professional practice of behavior analysis — The professional practice of behavior analysis is the fourth domain of behavior analysis. The other three are behaviorism, experimental analysis of behavior, and applied behavior analysis. [Cooper, et al. p. 20] The professional practice of… …
