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conditioning: see learning learning, in psychology, the process by which a relatively lasting change in potential behavior occurs as a result of practice or experience. Learning is distinguished from behavioral changes arising from such processes as maturation and illness, but does apply to ..... Click the link for more information. . conditioningProcess in which the frequency or predictability of a behavioral response is increased through reinforcement (i.e., a stimulus or a reward for the desired response). Classical, or respondent, conditioning, which involves stimulus substitution, is based on the work of Ivan Pavlov, who conditioned dogs by ringing a bell each time the aroma of food was presented. Eventually the dogs salivated when the bell rang, even if no food odour was present; salivation was thus the conditioned response. In instrumental, or operant, conditioning, a spontaneous (operant) behaviour is either rewarded (reinforced) or punished. When rewarded, a behaviour increases in frequency; when punished, it decreases. Operant conditioning was studied in detail by B.F. Skinner. Extra cost options in a private telephone line that improve performance by reducing distortion and amplifying weak signals. |
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| Even a single episode of aversive conditioning may cause an individual to completely avoid the dental environment and dental stimuli. is not affirmative and progressive movement toward civility and social consideration; rather civility is unveiled as the product and precipitate of harsh, aversive conditioning in which male subjects cultivate anxieties about the very bodies they inhabit" (7). In terms of altering such behavior, Marshall and Barbaree suggested behavioral treatment via aversive conditioning, coupled with cognitive skills training to separate the idea of sex from aggressive behavior. |
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