ALL meanings of counterconditioning
coun·ter·con·di·tion·ing
C c - noun counterconditioning the conditioning of a response that is incompatible with some previously learned response; for example, in psychotherapy an anxious person might be taught relaxation, which is incompatible with anxiety 3
- noun counterconditioning the extinction of an undesirable response to a stimulus through the introduction of a more desirable, often incompatible, response. 1
- noun counterconditioning (psychology) A form of conditioning in which a negative response to a stimulus is replaced by a positive one. 0