unconditioned response

British  

noun

1. Also called (esp formerly): unconditioned reflex.  a reflex action innately elicited by a stimulus without the intervention of any learning process Compare conditioned response

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Example Sentences

The response to the original, unconditioned stimulus is called the unconditioned response.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The conditioning stimulus that researchers associated with the unconditioned response was the ringing of a bell.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

In Pavlov’s experiments, the unconditioned response was the salivation of dogs in response to the unconditioned stimulus of seeing or smelling their food.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

And they reply to injustice and repression not by resistance or retaliation, but with an utterly new, unconditioned response that leaves the reader lightheaded, transcending even that which we value as “freedom.”

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2018