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conditioning

[ kuhn-dish-uh-ning ]

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of conditioning1

First recorded in 1915–20; condition + -ing 1
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USC strength and conditioning coach Bennie Wylie is set to turn around USC’s culture which lacks toughness through his life lessons and football journey.

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A judge on Thursday sided with San Francisco and other cities in barring the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions.

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A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to “sanctuary” jurisdictions, saying that portions of President Trump’s executive orders were unconstitutional.

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Bureaucrats who were not furloughed alleged they were forced to scrimp by limiting the use of air conditioning, lifts and even printers.

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The winner of The Apprentice 2025 said he was "not aware of any ongoing investigation" after reports his air conditioning firm had been operating without the correct licence.

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