Conditioned Response
Conditioned Response
Response of an organism which, originally produced by its “natural” stimulus, is subsequently produced in the absence of the original stimulus by a substitute or “conditioning” stimulus. Thus if S represents an original stimulus (in Pavlov’s experiment, the presentation of food to a dog) and R is the natural response (the salivary flow of the dog) and if S’ is a conditioning stimulus associated with S (the ringing of a bell at the time of presenting food to the dog) then R, produced by S’ in the absence of S is said to be a conditioned or conditional response. See Behaviorism. — L.W.