Definition of "conditioning" []

Psychology A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus. (noun)

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Use "conditioning" in a sentence

""This unusually long-lasting plasticity may be related to the fact that the conditioning is associated with normal behavior," Fetz said."
"That kind of conditioning is difficult to reverse and it is often painful, but my concern today is not with the individual Canadians who were led down this garden path of more, more, more by a government cynical enough to believe that loyalty can be bought."
"And yes, air conditioning is necessary for us effete Americans."

Words like "conditioning"

acquisition auditioning aversive conditioning classical conditioning

commissioning condition conditioned response counter conditioning

decommissioning experimental extinction extinction learning

operant conditioning partitioning petitioning positioning