conditionings
Learned response formations
Conditionings are instances or types of conditioning—the process of training behavior through repeated association or reinforcement.
In psychology, classical and operant conditioning shape responses to stimuli.
The plural emphasizes multiple experiences or methods: Years of social conditionings had taught her to stay quiet.
The word often carries critical undertones, suggesting manipulation or limitation of natural responses.
Behaviorism's leading theorist
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- rewardsBenefits given for merit
- punishmentsSanctions for misconduct
- consequencesResults of actions taken
shaping · schedules · positive · negative · ratios · intervals · fixed · variable
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- salivationMouth producing digestive fluid
- dogsDomesticated barking mammals
- IvanSlavic masculine name
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
response · experiment · neutral · stimulus · bell · association · laboratory · autonomic
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- programmingWriting software instructions
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- normsExpected behavioral standards
beliefs · expectations · upbringing · socialization · cultural · ideological · institutional · subliminal
Reduced response over time
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
acclimation · sensory · repeated exposure · orienting · waning · attenuation · filtering · novelty
Skinner
Behaviorism's leading theorist
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- rewardsBenefits given for merit
- punishmentsSanctions for misconduct
consequences · shaping · schedules · positive · negative · ratios · intervals · fixed · variable · behavioral
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- salivationMouth producing digestive fluid
- dogsDomesticated barking mammals
- IvanSlavic masculine name
reflex · response · experiment · neutral · stimulus · bell · association · laboratory · autonomic · desensitization
indoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- programmingWriting software instructions
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
norms · beliefs · expectations · upbringing · socialization · cultural · ideological · institutional · subliminal · messaging
desensitization
Reduced response over time
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
tolerance · acclimation · sensory · repeated exposure · orienting · waning · attenuation · filtering · novelty
conditioningsinstincts
Innate behavioral tendencies
genetic predispositions · inherent nature · reflexes · inherited traits · intuitions
conditioningsfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
autonomy · spontaneity · liberation · self-determination · independence
conditioningsbeginner's mind
Unencumbered openness to learning
naturalness · openness · presence · mindfulness · authenticity
- air conditioningIndoor cooling system
- mental conditioningDeliberate psychological habit-building
- aerobic conditioningExercise improving oxygen-using capacity
- air conditioning unit
- central air conditioningDucted system cooling entire building
- cultural conditioningLearned patterns from society