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conditioning

conditioning

180 5.0
A way a person or animal learns to respond to a signal like a sound
  • noun
  • /kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : condicionamiento
  • Hence, afro-cultural styles are the result of cultural conditioning and are basically habitual patterns of behavior.
  • classical conditioning
  • operant conditioning
  • social conditioning

And that has to do with the conditioning from your past.

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Examples

  • Well, a millennia of social conditioning is hard to shake off.

  • I'm more concerned about children and this conditioning of the mind.

  • And that has to do with the conditioning from your past.

  • It's been, after all, two years since the conditioning took place.

  • Because these are instructions which came from conditioning of the past.

  • And we're observing the social conditioning change in front of our eyes.

  • But the influences of cultural conditioning also may alter the sexuality of both men and women.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And you're still rewiring your brain from the conditioning of that relationship.

  • The way we are schooled has created a conditioning that masses with our biochemistry.

  • The therapist guided her through the process of conditioning to help her overcome her fears.

Synonyms

classical conditioning
vsconditioning
  • Specialized
1 3.9

Learning where a neutral thing causes an automatic reaction after being paired many times with something that already causes it

is the general process of learning to link stimuli with particular responses

Compounds

System that controls temperature and air movement inside buildings to keep people comfortable

operant conditioning
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A way of learning where a behavior increases after reward or decreases after punishment

1 3.9

Learning where a neutral thing causes an automatic reaction after being paired many times with something that already causes it

counter conditioning
  • Specialized
7.7

A therapy method that teaches a calm response instead of fear to something

aversive conditioning
  • Specialized
7.8

A way of learning that reduces a behavior by pairing it with something unpleasant

7.3

A type of learning where a behavior changes after a reward or punishment

How Strong

habit
630 1.0
conditioning
  • Specialized
180 5.0
training
1.5
exposure
295 3.5

Surface Forms

conditioning singular
conditionings plural

Morphology

conditioning = condition (transparent) = condition + ing

A regular nominalization from the verb 'condition' with '-ing' denoting the process; meaning is directly derivable for learners who know the verb.

Etymology

Conditioning comes from condition, which originally meant 'state' or the 'terms' of an agreement. Think of 'air conditioning' that puts the air into a certain state; psychological conditioning does the same with behaviour by helping a person or animal learn a pattern when they begin to link a signal with a reaction.