behavior modification
Changing learned responses
Behavior modification is the use of rewards, punishments, or other techniques to change patterns of behavior.
The term comes from psychology, where it describes systematic approaches based on conditioning principles: reinforcing desired behaviors and discouraging unwanted ones.
It applies to clinical settings, parenting, animal training, and self-improvement: The therapist recommended behavior modification for the child's tantrums.
The phrase sometimes carries overtones of manipulation or coercion.
Conditioning reflex discoverer
- SkinnerBehaviorism's leading theorist
- classical conditioningLearned stimulus-response association
- operant conditioningLearning via reinforcement
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
response · reinforcement · extinction · shaping · generalization · discrimination · conditioned response · acquisition
Payment for service
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- positive reinforcementStrengthening behavior through rewards
- negative reinforcementLearning via relief provision
- incentiveReward encouraging action
consequence · feedback · schedule · token · contingency · praise · recognition · approval
Regular sequence of actions
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- habit formationEstablishing automatic behavioral patterns
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
trigger · cue · craving · relapse · abstinence · self-control · willpower · discipline
Psychological treatment abbreviation
- DBTTherapy for emotional regulation
- ABALawyers' professional body
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- treatmentCare for an ailment
psychotherapy · counseling · therapist · clinical · session · exposure therapy · anger management · impulse control
Thorough change in form
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- progressMovement toward improvement
- improvementPositive change in quality
self-improvement · goal setting · lifestyle change · intervention · outcome · measurable · baseline · tracking
Pavlov
Conditioning reflex discoverer
- SkinnerBehaviorism's leading theorist
- classical conditioningLearned stimulus-response association
- operant conditioningLearning via reinforcement
stimulus · response · reinforcement · extinction · shaping · generalization · discrimination · conditioned response · acquisition · desensitization
reward
Payment for service
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- positive reinforcementStrengthening behavior through rewards
- negative reinforcementLearning via relief provision
incentive · consequence · feedback · schedule · token · contingency · praise · recognition · approval · motivation
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- habit formationEstablishing automatic behavioral patterns
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
compulsion · trigger · cue · craving · relapse · abstinence · self-control · willpower · discipline · temptation
CBT
Psychological treatment abbreviation
- DBTTherapy for emotional regulation
- ABALawyers' professional body
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
treatment · psychotherapy · counseling · therapist · clinical · session · exposure therapy · anger management · impulse control · self-monitoring
transformation
Thorough change in form
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- progressMovement toward improvement
improvement · self-improvement · goal setting · lifestyle change · intervention · outcome · measurable · baseline · tracking · compliance
- animal behaviorinstincts, conditioning, instinct, cognition, dominance
- self-controlself-control, restraint, willpower, composure, moderation
- self-improvementpersonal growth, self-help books, focus, self-improvement, personal development
- applied psychologytherapy, counseling, coaching, testing, assessment
- Educational Psychologyeducational psychology, school psychology, learning theory, cognitive development, Piaget
- behavior controlconditioning, reinforcement, punishment, reward, consequence
behavior modificationpsychoanalysis
Treatment via unconscious exploration
talk therapy · depth psychology · Freudian analysis · cognitive therapy · emotional processing
behavior modificationorganic growth
Growth arising internally, gradually
non-intervention · maturation · letting nature take its course · intrinsic motivation
behavior modificationpermissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
radical acceptance · tolerance · non-interference · non-intervention · letting be
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