Behavior modification
Behavior modification is a treatment approach that uses respondent and operant conditioning to change behavior. Based on methodological behaviorism, overt behavior is modified with (antecedent) stimulus control and consequences, including positive and negative reinforcement contingencies to increase desirable behavior, administering positive and negative punishment, and extinction to reduce problematic behavior. It also uses "flooding" desensitization to combat phobias.
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Applied behavior analysis (ABA), behavior therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy are more modern-day terms for what used to be called behavior modification.
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