Conditioning

:This article is about the psychological term. Conditioning is also an engineering term for putting something (for example, a communications link) into a particular condition. It is also a math term; the conditioning of a matrix is expressed by its condition number. Conditioning is also a term used in athletics for exercises designed to improve one's general fitness.

References

• Pavlov, I. P. (1927). Conditioned reflexes. (G. V. Anrep, Trans.). London: Oxford University Press.
  
• Skinner, B. F. (1938). The behavior of organisms: An experimental analysis. Acton, MA: Copley.
  
• Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and human behavior. New York. Macmillan.
  
• Skinner, B. F. (1957). Verbal behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Siegel, S. (1978). Evidence from rats that morphine tolerance is a learned response. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 89, 498-506.