COUNTER CONDITIONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does counter conditioning mean? 

• COUNTER CONDITIONING (noun)
  The noun COUNTER CONDITIONING has 1 sense:

1. conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus

  Familiarity information: COUNTER CONDITIONING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTER CONDITIONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

counter conditioning lies behind many of the procedures used in behavior therapy

Hypernyms ("counter conditioning" is a kind of...):

conditioning (a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment)