Counterconditioning
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Counterconditioning is the process of extinguishing a response to a specific stimulus by reinforcing a competing, usually incompatible, response it. In the clinical setting a phobic object, such as a snake, is paired with relaxation on the basis that this is incompatible with the original response of anxiety.
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