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noun Psychology.
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 pleasure or distress.
2.
Also called classical conditioning, Pavlovian conditioning, respondent conditioning. a process in which a stimulus that was previously neutral, as the sound of a bell, comes to evoke a particular response, as salivation, by being repeatedly paired with another stimulus that normally evokes the response, as the taste of food.
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Conditioning
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noun
1.
a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
2.
state of health: He was reported to be in critical condition.
3.
fit or requisite state: to be out of condition; to be in no condition to run.
4.
social position: in a lowly condition.
5.
EXPANDa restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance: It can happen only under certain conditions.
6.
a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.
7.
Usually, conditions. existing circumstances: poor living conditions.
8.
something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.
9.
Law.
a.
a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
b.
the event upon which this stipulation depends.
10.
Informal. an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body: heart condition; skin condition.
11.
U.S. Education.
a.
a requirement imposed on a college student who fails to reach the prescribed standard in a course at the end of the regular period of instruction, permitting credit to be established by later performance.
b.
the course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
12.
Grammar. protasis.
13.
COLLAPSELogic. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
verb (used with object)
14.
to put in a fit or proper state.
15.
to accustom or inure: to condition oneself to the cold.
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to air-condition.
17.
to form or be a condition of; determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
18.
EXPANDto subject to particular conditions or circumstances: Her studies conditioned her for her job.
19.
U.S. Education. to impose a condition on (a student).
20.
to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
21.
to make (something) a condition; stipulate.
22.
Psychology. to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
23.
COLLAPSETextiles.
a.
to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter.
b.
to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.
verb (used without object)
Idiom24.
to make conditions.
25.
on
/upon condition that, with the promise or provision that; provided that; if: She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement.
/upon condition that, with the promise or provision that; provided that; if: She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement. Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English condicioun < Anglo-French; Old French < Latin condiciōn- (stem of condiciō) agreement, equivalent to con- con- + dic- say (see dictate) + -iōn- -ion; spelling with t by influence of Late Latin or Medieval Latin forms; compare French condition
1275–1325; Middle English condicioun < Anglo-French; Old French < Latin condiciōn- (stem of condiciō) agreement, equivalent to con- con- + dic- say (see dictate) + -iōn- -ion; spelling with t by influence of Late Latin or Medieval Latin forms; compare French condition
Related forms
con·di·tion·a·ble, adjective
un·con·di·tion, verb (used with object)
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| conditioning (kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | psychol classical conditioning See also instrumental learning the learning process by which the behaviour of an organism becomes dependent on an event occurring in its environment |
| —adj | |
| 2. | (of a shampoo, cosmetic, etc) intended to improve the condition of something: a conditioning rinse |
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Word Origin & History
condition
early 14c., from O.Fr. condition, from L. condicionem (nom. condicio) "agreement, situation," from condicere "to speak with, talk together," from com- "together" + dicere "to speak" (see diction). Evolution of meaning through "stipulation, condition," to "situation, mode
EXPANDof being." The verb meaning "to bring to a desired condition" is from 1850.
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condition con·di·tion (kən-dĭsh'ən)
n.
A disease or physical ailment.
A state of health or physical fitness.
To cause an organism to respond in a specific manner to a conditioned stimulus in the absence of an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioning con·di·tion·ing (kən-dĭsh'ə-nĭng)
n.
A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.
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conditioning  (kən-dĭsh'ə-nĭng) Pronunciation Key
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