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Noun: behavior modification  bi'heyv-yur`mó-du-fu'key-shun
Usage: US (=behaviour therapy)
  1. Psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
    - behavior therapy [US], behaviour therapy [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: behavior modifications

Type of: psychotherapy

Encyclopedia: Behavior modification

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