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1Conditioning — 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,… …
2conditioning — 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] …
3conditioning — index discipline (training), habituation, propaganda Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4Conditioning — [engl.], Signalaufbereitung …
5conditioning — /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… …
6conditioning — 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… …
7conditioning — 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, ↑ …
8conditioning — 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… …
9conditioning — Synonyms and related words: Pavlovian conditioning, absorption and regurgitation, acclimation, acclimatization, accommodation, accustoming, adaptation, adaption, addictive, adjustment, apprenticeship, automatic writing, automatism, basic training …
10Conditioning — 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… …