My very rough understanding is that there are both traction control and stability control systems in general, although I don’t know anything about your car specifically.
A traction control system is simpler. It just detects that a wheel is spinning and brakes that wheel in order to send more power to the wheels with traction.
A stability control system is fancier and presumably more expensive. It uses sensors to detect things such as the steering angle and the yaw rate of the car in order to determine if the car is actually going in the direction that the driver is aiming it. If not, then it brakes wheels as needed to try to get the car back under control. I know that many people here like to complain about electronics that help the driver, but I believe I’ve read that studies have shown stability control systems to be pretty effective in preventing accidents.
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If you can find a large snowy parking lot nearby, you could experiment with some of these systems.