behavior therapy


noun Psychology.

a form of therapy emphasizing the correction of a person's undesirable behavior through Pavlovian conditioning, aversive therapy, or similar learning techniques.

Origin of behavior therapy

First recorded in 1955–60

Medical definitions for behavior therapy

behavior therapy

n.

A form of psychotherapy that uses basic learning techniques to modify maladaptive behavior patterns by substituting new responses to given stimuli for undesirable ones. behavior modification

Other words from behavior therapy

behavior therapist n.