conditioned response
Trained automatic behavior
A conditioned response is a learned reaction to a stimulus that wouldn't naturally trigger it.
In psychology, the classic example is Pavlov's dogs salivating at a bell—the bell alone didn't cause salivation until paired repeatedly with food.
The term extends beyond laboratories: Her conditioned response to criticism was immediate defensiveness.
- dogsDomesticated barking mammals
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- salivationMouth producing digestive fluid
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
laboratory · behaviorism · acquisition · extinction · John Watson
What prompts a reaction
- associationGroup with shared aim
- pairingJoining two together
- cueTrigger for action
- triggerWhat initiates action
signal · anticipation · expectation · predictive · contingency · overshadowing · blocking · context
Act of obtaining something
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
reinforcement · memory · neuroplasticity · consolidation · encoding · retention · recall · adaptation
Reduced response over time
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- exposure therapyAnxiety treatment through confrontation
- counterconditioningReplacing conditioned response therapeutically
- aversion therapyTreatment pairing unwanted behavior with discomfort
anxiety reduction · behavior modification · EMDR · trauma processing
Giving something its form
- schedulePlan of timed events
- biofeedbackTraining via physiological monitoring
- neurofeedbackBrain activity self-training technique
- token economyRewards exchanged for privileges
Ivan Pavlov
- dogsDomesticated barking mammals
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- salivationMouth producing digestive fluid
experiment · laboratory · behaviorism · acquisition · extinction · John Watson
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- associationGroup with shared aim
- pairingJoining two together
- cueTrigger for action
trigger · signal · anticipation · expectation · predictive · contingency · overshadowing · blocking · context · elicitation
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
discrimination · reinforcement · memory · neuroplasticity · consolidation · encoding · retention · recall · adaptation · sensitization
desensitization
Reduced response over time
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- exposure therapyAnxiety treatment through confrontation
- counterconditioningReplacing conditioned response therapeutically
aversion therapy · anxiety reduction · behavior modification · EMDR · trauma processing
shaping
Giving something its form
- schedulePlan of timed events
- biofeedbackTraining via physiological monitoring
- neurofeedbackBrain activity self-training technique
token economy · clicker training · animal training · baseline
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- reflexesreflex, reflexes, reflex action, quick reflexes, startle reflex
- Conditioningoperant, reinforcement, stimulus, Pavlov, Skinner
- Audiologyaudiogram, audiometer, audiograms, pure tone audiometry, audiometers
- habitshabit, habits, bad habit, study habits, rituals
- autopilotautopilot, autothrottle, flight director, autoland, pitch control
conditioned responseinstinct
Innate behavioral tendency
fixed action pattern · genetic predisposition · instinctive behavior · biological drive · evolutionary adaptation
response, respond, responsive, responding, responded, conditioned, conditioning, unresponsive, recondition