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单词 reciprocal inhibition
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reciprocal inhibition


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Noun1.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·tion

contraction 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 weakened

re·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.
LegalSeeinhibition

reciprocal inhibition


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Synonyms for reciprocal inhibition

noun a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it

Synonyms

  • reciprocal-inhibition therapy

Related Words

  • behavior modification
  • behavior therapy
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