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conditioned reflex

NOUN

conditioned reaction

Synonyms

WEAK

acquired reflex behavior reflex conditional reaction conditional reflex conditional response conditioned response conditioned stimulus trained reflex

Example Sentences

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As Alice and Edgar have at each other, with nasty recriminations that infect the initially conciliatory Kurt, they are clearly acting out a pattern so familiar it has become a conditioned reflex.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2019

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

I should have said nothing, but it was a conditioned reflex.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel