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counterconditioning

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Conditioning intended to replace a negative response to a stimulus with a positive response.

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  • noun psychology A form of conditioning in which a negative response to a stimulus is replaced by a positive one

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ conditioning

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Examples

  • Any aspect of your life causing you angst or fury is a great place to consider a counterconditioning campaign.

    Survival of the Savvy Rick Brandon 2004

  • Any aspect of your life causing you angst or fury is a great place to consider a counterconditioning campaign.

    Survival of the Savvy Rick Brandon 2004

  • Any aspect of your life causing you angst or fury is a great place to consider a counterconditioning campaign.

    Survival of the Savvy Rick Brandon 2004

  • Any aspect of your life causing you angst or fury is a great place to consider a counterconditioning campaign.

    Survival of the Savvy Rick Brandon 2004

  • If _he_ could live through it, countermeasures could be taken, counterconditioning could be set up.

    The Status Civilization Robert Sheckley 1966

  • Densensitization becomes, in Meichenbaum’s words, an “active means of learning coping and self-control skills” p. 375 rather than a passive procedure for counterconditioning relaxation responses.

    Planned Short-Term Treatment RICHARD A. WELLS 1994

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