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Behavior Therapy

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
behavior modification
plural
Behavior Therapies
possessive
Behavior Therapy's
pluralpossessive
Behavior Therapies'