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to conditionalize

to conditionalize

9.1
To train a person or animal to respond to a specific signal
  • verb
  • /kənˈdɪʃənəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : condicionar
  • Therapists sometimes conditionalize relaxation responses to help patients manage anxiety.

Examples

  • The psychologist tried to conditionalize the child's reaction to loud noises using positive reinforcement.

  • Researchers hope to conditionalize certain behaviors in animals for scientific studies.

  • They will conditionalize the training program next month.

  • The therapist conditionalized her response to stress.

  • The psychologist tried to conditionalize the child's reaction to loud noises using positive reinforcement.

  • Therapists sometimes conditionalize relaxation responses to help patients manage anxiety.

  • Researchers hope to conditionalize certain behaviors in animals for scientific studies.

Synonyms

to condition
vsto conditionalize
  • Specialized
49 4.2

To train a person or animal to do something by repeating and giving rewards

associates responses with a specific stimulus, often in psychological experiments
to reprogram
vsto conditionalize
7 5.6

Help a person change their habits or beliefs through training

focuses on pairing responses with a single stimulus rather than broad attitude shifts
to preprogram
vsto conditionalize
7.2

To make people think or act a certain way beforehand

sets responses to a specific stimulus now rather than fixing them in advance

How Conditioned

to reinforce
149 4.0
to conditionalize
  • Specialized
9.1
to associate
364 3.4

Surface Forms

conditionalize infinitive
conditionalized past
conditionalized past participle
conditionalizing present participle
conditionalizes third person singular

Morphology

conditionalize = conditional (semi-transparent) = conditional + ize

Morphologically transparent (conditional + -ize) but the sense is a specialized psycholinguistic/behavioral meaning related to 'conditioning', which is technical and may not be obvious to average learners.

Etymology

Conditionalize comes from condition ('a trigger or situation') and the ending -ize ('to make'). In psychology, to conditionalize a response is to train someone or an animal to react to a certain signal, like learning to expect food after a sound.