token economy

collocation in English

meaningsoftokenandeconomy

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token
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈtəʊ.kən/us
/ˈtoʊ.kən/
used to describe an action, an amount, etc. that is intended to represent something or to show that you are doing something, even if is very small or has a ...
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economy
noun
uk
/iˈkɒn.ə.mi/us
/iˈkɑː.nə.mi/
the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made ...
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(Definition oftokenandeconomyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tokeneconomyprogrammes form a well-recognised and widely-used part of behaviour modification programmes.
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In order for atokeneconomyto be effective their must be consistency in administering the program by the entire staff.
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In educational settingstokeneconomyseems to raise the intrinsic motivation to complete assigned tasks.
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A programme oftokeneconomywas successfully carried out in a chronic ward in 1973.
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A more general plan is thetokeneconomy, an exchange system in which tokens are given as rewards for desired behaviors.
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For atokeneconomyto work, criteria have to be specified and clear.
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The operant focus created a functional approach to assessment and interventions focused on contingency management such as thetokeneconomyand behavioural activation.
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This study showed the superiority of atokeneconomycompared to standard treatment and specialized milieu therapy.
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Atokeneconomyis based on the principles of operant conditioning and can be situated within applied behavior analysis (behaviorism).
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Response cost is often used withtokeneconomyprograms.
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Research shows clients experience thetokeneconomywith positive reception.
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Atokeneconomyis more than just using exchangeable tokens.
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Thetokeneconomyfor rewards is an example of delayed gratification, by way of cool processing.
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These principles may be operative in the use of token economies with so-called "treatment-refractory" schizophrenia patients.
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Back-up reinforcers are chosen in function of the individual or group for which thetokeneconomyis set up, or depending upon the possibilities available to the staff.
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Most token economies offer a choice of differing back-up reinforcers that can be virtually anything.
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Some other techniques that have been used in behavior therapy are contingency contracting, response costs, token economies, biofeedback, and using shaping and grading task assignments.
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Token economies are mainly used in institutional and therapeutic settings.
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In the 1970s the token economies came to a peak and became widespread.
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Only in the 1960s the first real token economies arose in psychiatric hospitals.
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