conditional response
- noun
- /kənˈdɪʃənl rɪˈspɒns/
- Specialized
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respuesta condicional
- After weeks of training, the dog's conditional response to the sound of a bell was to salivate.
Examples
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In classical conditioning experiments, a conditional response is learned by associating a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that elicits a natural reaction.
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The patient exhibited a conditional response when shown the image that had previously triggered their anxiety.
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This is an immediate conditional response, and it is a deep psychosis that is not just, of course, the Obama government, but lies deep within Christian and Western society; at any rate, a very large part of it (return to that thought later).
Blog text (8) -
The Time 2 conditional response rate (that is, the response rate among those who participated at baseline) was 91.9%, with a 96.6% cooperation rate.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A learned reaction to a signal, like a bell, that happens after the signal is often shown with something else
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An automatic response learned when a neutral sound or sign is repeatedly paired with something that naturally causes it
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A reaction a person develops from practice or experience, not one they are born with
A learned response that happens when a signal like a bell is paired with food many times
A learned response that happens when a certain sound or signal appears, for example a dog drooling at a bell
An automatic learned reaction to a signal after repeated practice, for example a dog drooling at a bell
A learned automatic response to a signal, for example salivating at a bell
A way of acting you get from practice or experience
How Automatic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'conditional' (depending on certain conditions) modifies 'response' (a reaction), so the meaning 'a response that occurs under specific conditions or stimuli' is directly inferable from the parts. Although used in technical contexts (psychology/biology), the logic is cross-linguistically common and a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to deduce the general meaning.
Etymology
The term conditional response comes from a simple learning picture: a dog hears a bell every time it gets food, and soon the bell alone makes the dog drool. So a conditional (a learned 'signal') causes a response (a learned 'reaction'), and the phrase means a reaction that happens after two things are connected.