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Definition of "conditioned response" []

  • Psychology A new or modified response elicited by a stimulus after conditioning. Also called conditioned reflex. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "conditioned response" in a sentence
  • "Anchoring works the same way as the conditioned response that Ivan Pavlov elicited from his famously salivating dog."