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counterconditioning

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coun·ter·con·di·tion·ing (kountr-kn-dsh-nng)
n.
Any of a group of conditioning techniques used to replace a negative conditioned response to a stimulus with a positive response.

counterconditioning,
a process used in behavioral therapy in which a learned response is replaced by an alternative response that is less disruptive.

counterconditioning
a technique of changing an undesirable response of an animal to a stimulus by engaging the animal in another response that is incompatible with the first.


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Counterconditioning involves substituting a healthier behavior for the unhealthy behavior.
Initially, classical conditioning had the greatest impact in explaining the origins of sexual behavior, for example, therapy (Wolpe, 1958), using both conditioning and counterconditioning.
 
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