Glossary C

Glossary C

Covert homosexual refers to a homosexual who is who keeps his or her sexual orientation a secret, who is not yet out in the open.

Covert modeling it is when the client imagines a model, the therapist describes the activities of the model which the client follows in her imagination.

Covert observation means watching and recording group behavior without the participant's knowledge

Covert Operations means undercover investigations

Covert reinforcement means using positive imagery to reinforce desired behavior.

Covert self -control refers to the manipulation and alteration of private events, such as thoughts, through principles of reinforcement and self-instruction.

Covert sensitization refers to the use of aversive imagery to reduce the occurrence of an undesired response; cognitive–behavioral intervention to reduce unwanted behaviors by having clients imagine the extremely aversive consequences of the behaviors and establish negative rather than positive associations with them. It is a form of Aversion therapy in which patients are directed to imagine themselves engaging in an undesired behavior and then are instructed to imagine extremely aversive events occurring once they have the undesired behavior clearly in mind.

Covert sensitization therapy refers to the pairing of mental images of alcohol with other images of highly unpleasant consequences resulting from its use in order to create an aversive reaction to the sight and smell of alcohol and reduce drinking