TOKEN ECONOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does token economy mean? • TOKEN ECONOMY (noun)
The noun TOKEN ECONOMY has 1 sense:
1. a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards
Familiarity information: TOKEN ECONOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOKEN ECONOMY (noun)
Meaning:
A form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("token economy" is a kind of...):
behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)
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