conditioning

Noun
  1. A learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment (synset 105760918)
    is a type of: acquisition, learning - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
    subtypes:
    • 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

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