Psychiatry and Psychology

Token Economy

A practice whereby tokens representing money, toys, candy, etc., are given as secondary reinforcers contingent upon certain desired behaviors or performances.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A practice whereby tokens representing money, toys, candy, etc., are given as secondary reinforcers contingent upon certain desired behaviors or performances.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Economy, Token
  • Token Reinforcement
  • Economies, Token
  • Reinforcement, Token
  • Reinforcements, Token
  • Token Economies
  • Token Reinforcements

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History Note

79(75); was see under REWARD 1975-78

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Previous Indexing

  • Reward (1966-1974)

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Tree Number

  1. F02w.463w.425w.770w.836.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Token Economy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014040. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014040
  2. Token Economy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_economy
  3. Token Economy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1932004