Reconditioning (psychology)

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The term reconditioning comes from the English "reconditioning" (overhaul, repair). Reconditioning in psychology is the deletion of learned (conditioned) behavior. This includes, for example, getting used to learned fear triggers: a person who was made to feel fear at the sight of a spider in the conditioning phase (through classic CS-US coupling , for example spider - loud, unpleasant noise) becomes in the second phase slowly getting used to spiders (first in the form of pictures and photos, later with real animals) without the US being shown. In some cases, amplifiers are also used. After a few passes, the conditioned responses weaken until they completely disappear.

A well-known proponent of fear elimination through reconditioning is Mary Cover Jones , whose attempts with little Peter became famous.

See also: conditioning , classical conditioning