conditioning
noun
a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
self-conditioning
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a word derived from
conditioning.
Example Sentences
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Individuality is the self-conditioning, the self-limitation of the species.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
This argument is well summarized in Green's statement that "the existence of one connected world, which is the presupposition of knowledge, implies the action of one self-conditioning and self-determining mind."
From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry
