conditioned response
a response that becomes associated with a previously unrelated stimulus as a result of pairing the stimulus with another stimulus normally yielding the response.
Origin of conditioned response
1- Also called conditioned reflex.
Words Nearby conditioned response
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How to use conditioned response in a sentence
This, in turn, sets up a conditioned response and a favorable emotional reaction which is necessary.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis | Melvin PowersThe deepening of the hypnotic state lies in the intensification of the conditioned response mechanism once it has been initiated.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis | Melvin PowersThe basic function of the hypnotic records and hypnotic tape is to establish a conditioned response pattern to a given stimulus.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis | Melvin PowersIt would seem that only then was the conditioned response pattern finally established.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis | Melvin PowersAs the subject continues this procedure, he takes on the conditioned response mechanism necessary for self-hypnosis.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis | Melvin Powers
British Dictionary definitions for conditioned response
psychol a response that is transferred from the second to the first of a pair of stimuli. A well-known Pavlovian example is salivation by a dog when it hears a bell ring, because food has always been presented when the bell has been rung previously: Also called (esp formerly): conditioned reflex See also classical conditioning, unconditioned response
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Cultural definitions for conditioned response
In psychology, the response made by a person or animal after learning to associate an experience with a neutral or arbitrary stimulus. Conditioned response experiments by Ivan Pavlov (see Pavlov's dogs) paired a neutral stimulus (sounding a bell) with a natural response (salivating) by associating the bell with the presentation of food. Conditioned response experiments by B. F. Skinner and other behaviorists (see behaviorism) associated an arbitrary action (an animal's pressing a lever) with a positive reward (presentation of food) or a negative reward (an electric shock).
Notes for conditioned response
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