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Definition of Conditional reflex
1. Noun. An acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus.
Generic synonyms: Learned Reaction, Learned Response
Specialized synonyms: Conditioned Avoidance, Conditioned Avoidance Response
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conditional Reflex
Literary usage of Conditional reflex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1916)
"B is the conditional inhibition in relation to the conditional reflex on A.
This quality of the nervous system to work out special cases of inhibition makes ..."
2. The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology by Boris Sidis (1914)
"This clearly shows that the conditional reflex in the dog can bring about salivary
secretions only when associated with the unconditional reflex. ..."
3. Diseases of the nervous system by Herbert Campbell Thomson (1921)
"In order to produce such a conditional reflex it is essential that the indifferent
stimulus should be applied synchronously with the introduction of the ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Any other excitant, acting on any sense whatever (or any combination of excitants),
may provoke a " conditional " reflex secretion of either kind, ..."
5. Physiology and Biochemistry in Modern Medicine by John James Rickard Macleod (1922)
"... which is illustrated by experiments in which, after a dog has been trained to
respond to a given conditional reflex, several occasions follow when food ..."
6. Child Behavior; a Critical and Experimental Study of Young Children by the by Florence Mateer (1918)
"In the verbal association the stimulus may be the same as in the conditional
reflex, may vary similiarly in intensity and complexity, may be just as clearly ..."
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