At the Willow Ranch Treatment Center, therapists seek to increase adaptive behavior by rewarding residents
with poker chips for performing appropriate behaviors such as self-grooming and making their beds.
The
residents are able to exchange the chips for various privileges ; for example, a trip to the movie theatre. In
behavior therapy, this poker chip system would be called_____________.
a. a token economy
b. a task exchange
c. a behavioral hierarchy
d. a reinforcement economy
A
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