Behavior Therapy (Noun)

Meaning

Psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

• Behavior Modification

Hyponyms

• Desensitisation Procedure
• Systematic Desensitisation
• Reciprocal-inhibition Therapy
• Desensitization Procedure
• Systematic Desensitization
• Desensitisation Technique
• Flooding