conditional reaction
Definition
Noun: An acquired response that is under the control of, or dependent on, the occurrence of a specific stimulus. It is a learned behavioral or physiological reaction that occurs only when a particular condition or signal is present.
Usage
This term is primarily used in the fields of psychology and behavioral science. It describes a reaction that an organism has learned to associate with a previously neutral stimulus. * In classical conditioning, a conditional reaction is the learned response to a conditioned stimulus. * It is often contrasted with an unconditional reaction, which is an innate, reflexive response.
Examples
- In Pavlov's famous experiment, the dog's salivation at the sound of a bell is a conditional reaction.
- A feeling of anxiety when entering a dentist's office can be a conditional reaction formed from a previous painful experience.
- The study measured the conditional reaction of fear in participants when they saw a specific colored light.
Advanced Usage
- "to elicit a conditional reaction": to cause the learned response to occur.
- The researcher's goal was to elicit the conditional reaction consistently.
- "extinction of a conditional reaction": the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.
- The therapy focused on the extinction of the patient's conditional reaction to loud noises.
Variants and Related Words
- Conditioned response (CR): This is the most common synonym and is often used interchangeably with "conditional reaction."
- Conditioned reflex: A specific type of automatic, involuntary conditional reaction.
- Unconditional reaction / Unconditioned response (UR): The innate, unlearned response to an unconditioned stimulus.
Synonyms
- Conditioned response
- Learned response
- Acquired reflex
Antonyms
- Unconditional reaction
- Unconditioned response
- Innate reflex
Noun
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an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus
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