Glossary
Remove access to the reward
What does “remove access to the reward” mean?
Remove access to the reward means separating a person from a situation in which an unwanted behavior can be rewarded.
Remove access to the reward vs remove reward
The taxonomy includes time out within this category. It distinguishes separation from a rewarding setting from discontinuing a particular reward after the behavior, which is remove reward.
Illustrative example
Someone trying to stop playing a distracting game temporarily removes access to the account during an agreed work period.
Taxonomy definition
The original BCT Taxonomy v1 definitions identify this as technique 7.4.