Pavlovian conditioning

Pavlovian conditioning

noun
conditioning (def. 2).

Origin:
1930–35
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Pavlovian conditioning Pav·lo·vi·an conditioning (pāv-lō'vē-ən, -lô'-)
n.
A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.

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