The Form of Behavioral Therapy in Which an Undesirable Behavior

question 185

Multiple Choice

The form of behavioral therapy in which an undesirable behavior is paired with an unpleasant stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior is called

• A) token economy
• B) operant conditioning
• C) aversion therapy
• D) participant modeling
• E) age regression therapy

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