Psychology - Ch. 14, Part 2, p. 556-565

The use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behavior.

• Behavior Modification

• Cognitive Therapy

• Group Therapy

• Family Therapy

Behavior technique used to treat phobias, in which a client is asked to make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentrating on those fears.

• Systematic Desensitization

• Aversion Therapy

• Exposure Therapies

• Flooding

Form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior.

• Aversion Therapy

• Systematic Desensitization

• Flooding

• Exposure Therapies

Behavioral techniques that expose individuals to anxiety- or fear-related stimuli, under carefully controlled conditions, to promote new learning.

• Exposure Therapies

• Aversion Therapy

• Systematic Desensitization

• Flooding

Technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is rapidly and intensely exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object and prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response.

• Flooding

• Exposure Therapies

• Aversion Therapy

• Systematic Desensitization

Learning through the observation and imitation of others.

• Modeling

• Flooding

• Token Economy

• Family Therapy

The use of objects called tokens to reinforce behavior in which the tokens can be accumulated and exchanged for desired items or privileges.

• Token Economy

• Modeling

• Cognitive Therapy

• Flooding

Therapy in which the focus is on helping clients recognize distortions in their thinking and replacing distorted, unrealistic beliefs with more realistic, helpful thoughts.

• Cognitive Therapy

• Behavior Modification

• Group Therapy

• Family Therapy

Action therapy in which the goal is to help clients overcome problems by learning to think more rationally and logically, which in turn will impact their behavior.

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

• Behavior Modification

• Family Therapy

Therapy in which clients are directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements.

• Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Behavior Modification

• Family Therapy