reinforcement therapy

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noun Psychology.

a behavior modification technique in which appropriate behavior is strengthened through systematic reinforcement.

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Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
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I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.
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The campaign included a push for the World Health Organization to condemn gay-conversion therapy.
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Collaborating with him on a film was the best kind of therapy I could have asked for.
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And for those seeking a quick fix: Studies show that light therapy can spur a mood lift in just several days.
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This reinforcement, so much sooner than expected, greatly elated Major Powell.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
In serum therapy antitoxins are artificially excited into being in the blood of beasts.
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The War Office seem rather pleased than otherwise that this reinforcement has fallen through.
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Glover and the muleteers, steadied by this opportune reinforcement, reloaded and resumed their file-firing.
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The bourgeois looked in stupefaction at this reinforcement that was about to join the attacking party.
Chicot the Jester|Alexandre Dumas, Pere