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forward conditioning

in classical conditioning, the pairing of two stimuli such that the conditioned stimulus is presented before the unconditioned stimulus. Also called forward pairing. Compare backward conditioning.

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panacea

n. a solution or remedy for everything that is wrong with a given problem or that universally applies to a set of related problems.