Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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behavior modification | Yes | No | No | No |
flooding | Yes | No | No | No |
behavior modification (noun) | flooding (noun) |
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psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior | a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them |