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CONDITIONED RESPONSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus
Synonyms:
acquired reflex; conditional reaction; conditional reflex; conditional response; conditioned reaction; conditioned reflex; conditioned response
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("conditioned response" is a kind of...):
learned reaction; learned response (a reaction that has been acquired by learning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conditioned response"):
conditioned avoidance; conditioned avoidance response (a conditioned response that anticipates the occurrence of an aversive stimulus)