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CHH 29
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| delay discounting | A phenomenon in which delayed rewards, regardless of their significance and magnitude, exert decreasing influence over choice-making behavior as a function of their temporal distance from present circumstances. |
| habit reversal | A multiple-component treatment package for reducing unwanted habits such as fingernail biting and muscle tics. |
| massed practice | A self-directed behavior change technique in which the person forces herself to perform an undesired behavior (e.g., a compulsive ritual) repeatedly, which sometimes decreases the future frequency of the behavior. |
| self-control [Skinner’s analysis] | Skinner (1953) conceptualized self-control as a two-response phenomenon: The controlling response affects variables in such a way as to change the probability of the controlled response. |
| self-control [impulse control] | A person’s ability to “delay gratification” by emitting a response that will produce a larger (or higher quality) delayed reward over a response that produces a smaller but immediate reward. (Sometimes called impulse control.) |
| self-evaluation | A procedure in which a person compares her performance of a target behavior with a predetermined goal or standard; often a component of self-management. (Sometimes called self-assessment.) |
| self-instruction | Self-generated verbal responses, covert or overt, that function as rules or response prompts for a desired behavior; as a self-management tactic, self-instruction can guide a person through a behavior chain or sequence of tasks. |
| self-management | The personal application of behavior change tactics that produces a desired change in behavior. |
| self-monitoring | A procedure whereby a person systematically observes his behavior and records the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a target behavior. (Also called self-recording or self-observation.) |
| systematic desensitization | A behavior therapy treatment for anxieties, fears, and phobias that involves substituting one response, generally muscle relaxation, for the unwanted behavior—the fear and anxiety. |
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