What is psychological conditioning? Are you conditioned (psychologically)?

Psychological conditioning is the training of a person's mind and emotions to reflect the values instilled in them by the conditioner.

I think that we are all conditioned, whether we want to admit it or not, and that we cannot totally break free of it. We have all been taught things such as how to behave, dress, and otherwise follow societal norms. Even if one rebels against the conditioning, one exhibits it, because to consciously rebel implies an understanding of what one's rebelling against.

I do not think that, if it were possible to totally decondition oneself, that it would be a good idea. Conditioning teaches people to attune themselves to the feelings of others, and if people could disengage from that, they'd essentially be sociopaths. It is certainly laudable, if not mandatory for a healthy experience, to think for oneself and break some of the less central conditions,

but one cannot possibly decondition oneself.

The deterioration in values over a period of time in the recent past is adequate proof that we are all victims of some type of conditioning or other. The 'un-necessary' and 'extra' security that a social set up affords, contributes vastly to this conditioning factor ! Constant perception of the same things, repeated performance of the same routine, often tends to condition a mind... For instance, we say 'there is no salt in it, it is insipid, therefore I cannot eat this food !", whereas, the needed salts are naturally present in most fruits, vegetables ! Another example, in one country, the young women showing off the waist is ok, but not the legs, and it is just the opposite in another country... just a matter of conditioning... Eating a snake is normal food for some, where as in some other societies, even watching someone eating it would trigger a vomit !

((btw... this is not a philosophical question, it is a psychological one))

Of course, there is not a person who is not conditioned. When the bell rings, I salivate...We all are conditioned in one way or another, when you hear the key in the door, you jump up to give your beau a kiss.... or when you hear the ding of the microwave, you somewhat salivate in interest of what is to come...

It is no bother to me that I am conditioned in these ways... It is just my way of being, it is how I react to certain things. It is part of human nature to be conditioned; why break that??

Sounds like a combo of obsessive compulsive behaviour with a extreme case of want attachment. Some folks believe happier while theyre wanted therefore theyll create issues from scratch in order that they might be wanted by means of others.

Think in terms of all the people that got conditioned by their parents to believe all that religion crap. Now apply your question to what you observe with these poor misguided offspring.

We are all conditioned. It's called socializing. And to change could be fatal.