counter conditioning

Definitions of counter conditioning
  1. noun
    conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus
    “counter conditioning lies behind many of the procedures used in behavior therapy”
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    conditioning
    a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
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