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Conditioning — may refer to: In psychology, the process of performing some particular action(s) to directly influence an individual s learning; see education (in the broadest sense of the word) In probability theory, the use of conditional probabilities,… … Wikipedia
conditioning — n. a learning process in which an organism s behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment. See {conditioned response}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conditioning — index discipline (training), habituation, propaganda Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Conditioning — [engl.], Signalaufbereitung … Universal-Lexikon
conditioning — /keuhn dish euh ning/, n. Psychol. 1. Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with… … Universalium
conditioning — A term employed by behaviourist psychologists within the framework of stimulus response (S R) models of learning. It refers to the process whereby new stimulus response connections are established. Behaviourists conventionally distinguish two… … Dictionary of sociology
conditioning — noun a learning process in which an organism s behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment (Freq. 2) • Derivationally related forms: ↑condition • Hypernyms: ↑learning, ↑acquisition • Hyponyms: ↑extinction, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
conditioning — According to behaviourism in psychology, conditioning is the way in which new connections between stimulus and response are learned, and therefore forms the basic pattern of learning. It comes in two forms. In classical or Pavlovian conditioning… … Philosophy dictionary
conditioning — Synonyms and related words: Pavlovian conditioning, absorption and regurgitation, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaptation, adaption, addictive, adjustment, apprenticeship, automatic writing, automatism, basic training … Moby Thesaurus
Conditioning — 1) Exercise and practice to build the body up for either improved normal performance, as in physical therapy, or in preparation for sports performance. 2) A method of educating involving repetitive activities to influence behavior. * * * The… … Medical dictionary
conditioning — con|di|tion|ing [kənˈdıʃənıŋ] n [U] the process by which people or animals are trained to behave in a particular way when particular things happen ▪ Social conditioning makes crying more difficult for men. →↑air conditioning … Dictionary of contemporary English
