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Conditioning

Conditioning

1. (Science: psychology) a general term referring to the learning of some particular response.

2. (Science: oncology) a preparative regimen of chemotherapy before a bone marrow transplant.


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Evolution of Faith

I see that conditioning plays a role why we tend to follow or do things unconsciously at the same time.

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by mcar
Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:13 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution of Faith
Replies: 2
Views: 483

Animal Behaviour

... instincts) behaviors are both evident in the more complex animals. Canids(and I'm sure they aren't the only ones), even without any conditioning by peers, are able to have sex. I can state this with confidence because we have one male dog and two female dogs, he has never seen a ...

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by futurezoologist
Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:59 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Animal Behaviour
Replies: 18
Views: 4738

Bible vs Darwin

... he was raised that way, but there comes a point where adults must be held responsible for their own philosophies, regardless of their parents' conditioning. In any case, what irritated me most about this particular Afghan was his narrow-mindedness in refusing to believe that his philosophies ...

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by alextemplet
Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:12 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Bible vs Darwin
Replies: 293
Views: 30259

Instinct- the mechanism

... without doubt controlled almost entirely by their genes. I think it would be much more interesting to study how genetic programming interacts with conditioning to learn the nature of instinct in more advanced organisms. After all, such study could help us understand ourselves a lot better.

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by alextemplet
Sun May 04, 2008 4:57 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Instinct- the mechanism
Replies: 16
Views: 2921

Instinct- the mechanism

... not be nurtured, but other things (such as what features to find attractive in the opposite sex) can be just as much a product of cultural conditioning as DNA programming.

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by alextemplet
Sat May 03, 2008 5:13 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Instinct- the mechanism
Replies: 16
Views: 2921
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