Earlier term for using respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior.
Behavior modification is a treatment approach that uses respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior. Based on methodological behaviorism ,[1] overt behavior is modified with (antecedent) stimulus control and consequences, including positive and negative reinforcement contingencies to increase desirable behavior, administering positive and negative punishment , and extinction to reduce problematic behavior.[2] [3] [4]
Applied behavior analysis (ABA), behavior therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy are more modern-day terms for what used to be called behavior modification.
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