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conditioned stimulus

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conditioned stimulus
n. Psychology
A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response effected by the unconditioned stimulus itself.
conditioned stimulus
n
(Psychology) Psychol a stimulus to which an organism has learned to make a response by classical conditioning Compare unconditioned stimulus
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Noun1.conditioned stimulus - the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response
stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action


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For each trial, a 5-sec conditioned stimulus (CS), consisting of a buzzer and light, was followed by a 5-sec unconditioned stimulus (UCS), which included a scrambled shock of 0.
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