learned response
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈlɜrnɪd rɪˈspɒns/
- Specialized
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respuesta aprendida
- When she hears the bell, her dog has a learned response and runs to the kitchen for a treat.
Examples
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Evidence of this learned response to alcohol was in the narratives of the offenders in this study.
Academic text (1991) -
Cognitive therapists such as Aaron Beck advise us to distance ourselves from learned responses, to understand why our sometimes intense reactions are really the result of events that happened years before, with the incidents merely "triggering" these reactions.
Academic text (1997) -
After years of training, the athlete's quick reaction to the starting gun became a learned response.
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The child's fear of the dark was a learned response from stories told by older siblings.
Synonyms
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4.8
A learned reaction to a signal, like a bell, that happens after the signal is often shown with something else
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5.3
An automatic response learned when a neutral sound or sign is repeatedly paired with something that naturally causes it
A way of acting you get from practice or experience
A learned automatic response to a signal, for example salivating at a bell
A learned response that happens when a signal like a bell is paired with food many times
An automatic learned reaction to a signal after repeated practice, for example a dog drooling at a bell
A learned reaction to a sound or signal after it happens many times
A learned response that happens when a certain sound or signal appears, for example a dog drooling at a bell
Antonyms
How Learned
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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1.0
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a reaction acquired through experience' is directly and compositionally derived from 'learned' (acquired through experience) + 'response' (reaction). This adjective+noun pattern is transparent and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun learned response comes from a simple image: imagine a dog that sits when it hears a command because it has been trained and given a treat. The words learned and response show the idea — a 'learned' action becomes a quick 'response', so the phrase means a reaction you get through practice or training.