| behavior r. |
conditioned response.
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| behavior t. |
a therapeutic approach in which the focus is on the patient's observable behavior, rather than on conflicts and unconscious processes presumed to underlie his maladaptive behavior. This is accomplished through systematic manipulation of the environmental and behavioral variables related to the specific behavior to be modified; operant conditioning, systematic desensitization, token economy, aversive control, flooding, and implosion are examples of techniques that may be used in behavior therapy. Called also behavior modification and conditioning t.
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| behavioral m. |
a segment of psychosomatic medicine focused on psychological means of influencing physical symptoms, such as biofeedback or relaxation.
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| behavioral marital t. |
a form of marital therapy using principles and techniques from behavior therapy; it attempts to alleviate marital distress by increasing positive, pleasant interactions between the members of a couple.
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| behavioral s. |
the interdisciplinary study of the behavior of humans and other animals for the purpose of understanding humans as individual and social beings; it involves principally psychology, sociology, and anthropology, but also political science and other social sciences.
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