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behavior therapy
noun
, Psychology.
- a form of therapy emphasizing the correction of a person's undesirable behavior through Pavlovian conditioning, aversive therapy, or similar learning techniques.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of behavior therapy1
First recorded in 1955–60
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