conditioned stimulus

n. Psychology
A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response effected by the unconditioned stimulus itself.

A previously neutral stimulus that acquires the property of eliciting a particular response through pairing with an unconditional stimulus. See also classical conditioning.

n.

A previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits the response produced by the unconditioned stimulus itself.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response

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