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 anegative response to astimulus is replaced by apositive one
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If _he_ could live through it, countermeasures could be taken, counterconditioning could be set up.
The Status Civilization Robert Sheckley 1966
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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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