APA Dictionary of Psychology

economy

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. any system of rules and regulations by which something is managed; for example, a token economy is one in which a behavioral system is managed according to the disbursement of tokens as rewards.
  2. management of resources in order to maximize efficiency or returns (material or psychological) and to avoid waste.
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