CONDITIONED RESPONSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conditioned response mean? 

• CONDITIONED RESPONSE (noun)
  The noun CONDITIONED RESPONSE has 1 sense:

1. an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus

  Familiarity information: CONDITIONED RESPONSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONDITIONED RESPONSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

acquired reflex; conditional reaction; conditional reflex; conditional response; conditioned reaction; conditioned reflex; conditioned response

Hypernyms ("conditioned response" is a kind of...):

learned reaction; learned response (a reaction that has been acquired by learning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conditioned response"):

conditioned avoidance; conditioned avoidance response (a conditioned response that anticipates the occurrence of an aversive stimulus)

 Context examples 

The model uses odorant conditioned stimuli temporally paired with unconditioned stimuli to produce conditioned responses to the odorant.

(Olfactory Learning, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to a reduction of spontaneous locomotion and aggressiveness, suppression of conditioned response, antagonism of stereotyped behaviour and hyperactivity induced by amphetamines.

(Molindone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)