conditioned reflex
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Mr. Kline, I am delighted to report, fully delivers on the promise of that entrance, building a paradoxically natural performance as a man for whom the histrionic gesture is a conditioned reflex.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2017
Your conditioned reflex is that when you see someone of the same sex, you feel love.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2015
Pavlov is perhaps best known for introducing the idea of the conditioned reflex, although Todes notes that he never used that term.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2014
This enhanced secretion is a conditioned reflex, meaning it occurs only if you like or want a particular food.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Indifference to one’s neighbor and his troubles is a conditioned reflex in life in New York as it is in other big cities.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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