Tag: psychological conditioning


MEDIATED GENERALIZATION

Defining Mediated Generalization Mediated generalization, a sophisticated concept within the study of learning and conditioning, describes a phenomenon where a conditioned response (CR) is elicited by a stimulus that is physically distinct from the original conditioned stimulus (CS) but is psychologically or associatively related to it. Unlike simple stimulus generalization, where the response gradient is […]

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CONDITIONING OF ATTITUDES

the building or modification of a state of mind as an outcome of the correlation of an attitude object with a favorable or unfavorable stimulant in the surrounding climate. Pavlovian or operant conditioning are both options. CONDITIONING OF ATTITUDES: “The fake it till you make it phenomenon is a method of conditioning an attitude.”

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