Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun token_economy

1 sense of token economy

Sense 1
token economy -- (a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards)
       => behavior therapy, behavior modification -- (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)