Conditioning Explained

Conditioning may refer to:

Science, computing, and technology

Air conditioning, the removal of heat from indoor air for thermal comfort
- Automobile air conditioning, air conditioning in a vehicle
- Ice storage air conditioning, air conditioning using ice storage
- Solar air conditioning, air conditioning using solar power
Beer conditioning, maturation, clarification, and stabilisation of beer
- Bottle conditioning, above conditioning after bottling
Chemical conditioning, improvement and stabilization chemical components
Data conditioning, the use of data management techniques in a computer system
Flow conditioning, the study of the movement of fluids in pipes
Signal conditioning, manipulating an analog signal in such a way that it meets the requirements of the next stage

Aerobic conditioning, exercise which trains the heart and lungs to pump blood more efficiently
Body conditioning via physical exercise

Classical conditioning or Pavlovian conditioning, a behavioral mechanism in which one stimulus comes to signal the occurrence of a second stimulus
- Eyeblink conditioning, classical conditioning involving pairing of a stimulus with an eyeblink-eliciting stimulus
- Fear conditioning, classical conditioning involving aversive stimuli
- Second-order conditioning, a two-step process in classical conditioning
Covert conditioning, classical and operant conditioning in mental health treatment
Operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning, a form of learning in which behavior is modified by its consequences
- Social conditioning, operant conditioning training individuals to act in a society
Evaluative conditioning, a form of learning in which attitude towards one stimulus is learnt by its pairing with a second stimulus

Condition number also known as Conditioning (numerical analysis), a quantity describing whether or not a numerical problem is well-behaved
Conditioning (probability), a concept in probability theory