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conditioned response

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conditioned response
n. Psychology
A new or modified response elicited by a stimulus after conditioning. Also called conditioned reflex.

conditioned response
n
(Psychology) Psychol a response that is transferred from the second to the first of a pair of stimuli. See classical conditioning. 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 unconditioned response
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Noun1.conditioned response - an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulusconditioned response - an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus
learned reaction, learned response - a reaction that has been acquired by learning
conditioned avoidance, conditioned avoidance response - a conditioned response that anticipates the occurrence of an aversive stimulus


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Fear extinction is a process in which a conditioned response to a stimulant that produces fear gradually diminishes over time as subjects, such as rats in auditory fear experiments, learn to disassociate a response from a stimulus.
The fear of driving is a conditioned response resulting from what went on the last time you went out for a drive.
As I have shown in my reports all of this activity is used in concert with the home and car surveillance, invasions and strategic tamperings therein (with concurrent messagings to the Target) and conditioned response assaults on the Target to attempt to secure his submission to the mind games.
 
 
 
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