stimulus
289
4.5
- noun
- /ˈstɪmjələs/
:
estímulo
- During the experiment, the researchers introduced a light flash as a stimulus to measure reactions.
- external stimuli
- visual stimuli
- speech stimuli
Every human being is a stimulus and a response.
- Every human being is a stimulus and a response.
- So a fear generating object, a stimulus to anxiety.
- So they respond to a stimulus with bravery.
- And he says between stimulus and response, there is a space.
- And so topics like stimulus check, what's the government doing?
- And he said between stimulus and response, there is a space.
- In between stimulus and response is a space.
- And they run certain scripts in response to stimuli that you're exposed to.
- So right now I have a, an economic stimulus plan for South Los Angeles.
- So like outside stimulus do work their way into dreams.
- The more people saw a strange stimulus, the more they grew to like it.
- I think it is wrong to call for non targeted stimulus programs.
Examples
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Now, in Pavlov's experiment, what was the stimulus that he used?
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His vital signs seem stable, but he's unresponsive to stimuli.
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Every human being is a stimulus and a response.
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The more people saw a strange stimulus, the more they grew to like it.
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I find this lack of stimulus to be truly disappointing.
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What they need is some real stimulus, ideas to pursue.
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Oh, plants react to human stimulus.
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So they respond to a stimulus with bravery.
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And also it's useful because harmful stimuli are noticed.
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The university environment constitutes stimuli from physics, physiology, biology, and society.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
139
3.0
Information or advice given to help a decision
28
4.1
Something that makes someone more interested or active
3
5.0
Something that makes activity or interest increase
Something like a picture or question that makes someone react
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.2
A thing that used to be neutral and now makes a learned response after being paired with a natural trigger
- Specialized
A sign that tells a person or animal when an action will bring a reward
- Specialized
Something unpleasant that makes a person or animal learn to stay away
- Specialized
A thing taken away to make an action less likely, for example leaving a room when a child cries
- Specialized
A thing that makes someone repeat an action, like food or praise
- Specialized
Something pleasant that someone gives after a behavior to make it happen again
- Specialized
Something like praise or a reward that makes someone do something again
- Specialized
To react the same way to things that look or sound like what you learned
How Stimulating
58
7.2
289
4.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stimulus comes from the Latin stimulus, which meant a 'goad' or a small 'poke' used to make an animal move, so imagine a little poke that starts action. You can see the same idea in the word stimulate, which means to make something active. That's why a stimulus today is anything that 'pushes' the body or mind to respond.