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backup reinforcer

in behavior modification, a reward given to a client or patient in return for tokens he or she has earned. See also token economy.

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January 13th 2025

reconstructive psychotherapy

reconstructive psychotherapy

psychotherapy directed toward basic and extensive modification of an individual’s character structure by enhancing his or her insight into personality development, unconscious conflicts, and adaptive responses. Examples are Freudian psychoanalysis, Adlerian individual psychology, Jungian analytic psychology, and the approaches of Karen D. Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan.