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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
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(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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But Fletcher noted that till date, no one has shown that video games can train the kind of conditioned responses that underlie much of our behaviour.
Smokers develop certain conditioned responses or unconscious habits, such as lighting up with their morning coffee or right after a meal.
Many of our conditioned responses come from this time of life.
 
 
 
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