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CONDITIONING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("conditioning" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conditioning"):

experimental extinction; extinction (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)

counter conditioning (conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus)

Derivation:

condition (establish a conditioned response)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb condition

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 Context examples: 

A dose-reduced variant of the BEAM conditioning regimen used in the transplant setting, consisting of carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan and used for the treatment of relapsed or refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma.

(Mini-BEAM Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

The mist may come from hot tubs, showers, or air-conditioning units for large buildings.

(Legionnaires' Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

That’s important because refrigeration and air conditioning currently devour a fifth of the energy produced worldwide, and demand for cooling is only going up.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

The use of operant conditioning to alter a person's dietary choices and behaviors.

(Behavioral Dietary Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)

But during extreme heatwaves, people are more likely to endure the temperature, particularly when the cost of or access to air conditioning is an impediment.

(Extreme temperatures could increase preterm birth risk, NIH)

In addition, as global temperatures continue to rise, demand for air conditioning – which emits greenhouse gases – rises as well, creating a damaging feedback loop.

(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)

This demand is expected to be met mainly by using air conditioning, which is costly and environmentally damaging.

(Billions at risk from heat stress at home, SciDev.Net)

The students who didn’t have air-conditioning performed significantly worse on the basic cognitive tests.

(Hot Dorm Rooms Could Affect Students' Memory, Sadie Witkowski/VOA)

Refrigeration and air conditioning currently consume a fifth of all energy produced worldwide, and as global temperatures continue to rise, demand is only going to keep going up.

(Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners, University of Cambridge)

A classical conditioning procedures that present different stimuli in temporal proximity (contiguity), but where resulting responses have no reinforcing or aversive consequences.

(Pavlovian Conditioning, NCI Thesaurus)