conditioning - Definition | Dictionary definition of conditioning

Definition of conditioning

a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

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a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus; aversive conditioning
conditioning to avoid an aversive stimulus; classical conditioning
conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex; operant conditioning
conditioning in which an operant response is brought under stimulus control by virtue of presenting reinforcement contingent upon the occurrence of the operant response; instrumental conditioning
operant conditioning that pairs a response with a reinforcement in discrete trials; reinforcement occurs only after the response is given; counter conditioning
conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus

Type of:: acquisition, learning
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge