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reciprocal inhibition
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | reciprocal inhibition - a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxietyreciprocal-inhibition therapybehavior modification, behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
reciprocal inhibition
reciprocal inhibition[ri′sip·rə·kəl ‚in·ə′bish·ən] (physiology) In muscular movement, the simultaneous relaxation of one muscle and the contraction of its antagonist. (psychology) The modification of a behavioral pattern by the conditioning of responses that are incompatible with the response to be eliminated. reciprocal inhibition
re·cip·ro·cal in·ner·va·tioncontraction in a muscle is accompanied by a loss of tone or by relaxation in the antagonistic muscle. Synonym(s): reciprocal inhibition (1) reciprocal inhibition (1) Reciprocal innervation, see there.
(2) Systematic desensitisation, see there.reciprocal inhibition Psychiatry In behavior therapy, the hypothesis that if anxiety-provoking stimuli occur simultaneously with inhibition of anxiety–ie, relaxation, the link between the stimulus and the anxiety is weakenedre·cip·ro·cal in·hi·bi·tion (rĕ-sip'rŏ-kăl in'hi-bish'ŭn) The relaxation of a muscle in response to the contraction of its antagonist. LegalSeeinhibitionreciprocal inhibition
Synonyms for reciprocal inhibitionnoun a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with itSynonyms- reciprocal-inhibition therapy
Related Words- behavior modification
- behavior therapy
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