conditioning

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the process of training or influencing a person or animal mentally so that they do or expect a particular thing without thinking about it:

Conditioning starts as soon as boys are given guns to play with and girls are given dolls.

Classical conditioning was first studied in dogs by the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov.

the process of improving someone's physical condition:

They were educated in the exact methods needed to improve their physical conditioning.

He began cycling to build up his cardiovascular conditioning.