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n. Psychology

A stimulus that evokes an unconditioned response.

unconditioned stimulus

(Psychology) Psychol any stimulus evoking an unlearnt response, esp in the context of classical conditioning, in which the conditioned stimulus is followed by the unconditioned one

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