conditioning

n. the process by which certain kinds of experience make particular actions more or less likely. See classical conditioning; instrumental conditioning; operant conditioning.

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Psychology term of the day

January 18th 2025

recuperative theory

recuperative theory

a traditional but contested theory that the function of sleep is to allow recovery from mental or physical fatigue, to regather resources, or to reestablish internal homeostasis.