Therapeutic Interventions
"Covert sensitization" associates an aversive stimulus with a behavior the client wishes to reduce or eliminate. This is done by imagining the target behavior followed by imagining an aversive consequence. "Covert extinction" attempts to reduce a behavior by imagining the target behavior while imagining that the reinforcer does not occur. "Covert response cost" attempts to reduce a behavior by associating the loss of a reinforcer with the target behavior that is to be decreased.
"Covert positive reinforcement" is intended to increase a behavior by imagining a reinforcing experience in connection with the behavior. "Covert negative reinforcement" attempts to increase a behavior by connecting the termination of an aversive stimulus with increased production of a target behavior.
"Covert modeling" involves imagining someone engaging in the behavior and, optionally, reinforcers taking place.
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