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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 rewardsplay

  Familiarity information: TOKEN ECONOMY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOKEN ECONOMY (noun)


Sense 1

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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