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Behavioral inoculation refers to Behavioral immunization, programs designed to inoculate people against adverse health habits by exposing them to mild versions of persuasive communications that try to engage them in a poor health practice and giving them techniques that they can use to respond effectively to these efforts.

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Behavioral intention refers to an individual’s plan to perform or not perform an action

Deutsch: Verhaltensintervention / Español: Intervención Conductual / Português: Intervenção Comportamental / Français: Intervention Comportementale / Italiano: Intervento Comportamentale

In the context of psychology, behavioral intervention refers to a range of strategies designed to alter an individual's behaviors. These interventions are used to enhance positive behaviors and reduce negative behaviors and are based on the principles of behavioral psychology, which suggests that behaviors can be learned and unlearned based on environmental cues, consequences, and reinforcement.

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Behavioral interviews refer to interviews conducted for the purpose of identifying a problem behavior, the situational factors that maintain the behavior, and the consequences that result from the behavior.

Behavioral involvement refers to a patient’s attitude toward self -care, specifically an active involvement in treatment.

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Behavioral Mapping is defined as a systematic way of recording peoples' locations, such as where they sit, stand, or where they spend their time. The two (2) main types of mapping are Place-centered mapping and Individual-centered mapping.

Behavioral Marital Therapy (BMT) refers to a form of Couples therapy that applies principles of reinforcement to a couple's interactions. The major components of BMT include contingency contracting, support understanding techniques, and problem-solving techniques.

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Behavioral Measures refers to the ways to study overt actions and observable, recordable reactions.

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