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🌍 Emission unit 🧠 Learned emotion
CER

CER

9.9
An emotional reaction learned when a neutral thing is linked to something scary
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : respuesta emocional condicionada
  • Through gradual exposure, the child's CER to the sound of fireworks diminished over time.

Examples

  • I've been working off and on with the team that created the CER for some time, and it has been great to see the project moving forward.

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  • The dog's fear of thunderstorms is a classic example of a CER that develops through conditioning.

  • After many sessions of conditioning, she showed a strong CER to the smell of the particular perfume that reminded her of her mother.

Synonyms

conditioned emotional response
vsCER
7.2

An emotional reaction you learn when something is often linked with a good or bad event

is the general label for such acquired emotional reactions in psychology
conditioned emotion
vsCER
  • Specialized
7.7

An emotional reaction people learn when a neutral thing like a sound becomes linked with fear or pleasure

is the psychology term for that acquired response via conditioning

Surface Forms

CER singular
CERs plural

Etymology

CER comes from the first letters of conditioned emotional response, a phrase for an emotion someone learns when a sound or situation is repeatedly linked with something else. So, CER names that learned emotional reaction studied in psychology.