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Words related to stimulus
stim·u·lus
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generalization
the act or process of generalizing. -
conditioned response
a response that is transferred from the second to the first of a pair of stimuli. A well-known Pavlovian example is salivation by a dog when it hears a bell ring, because food has always been presented when the bell has been rung previously -
desensitization
the act or process of desensitizing. -
sense
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready. -
conditioning
the learning process by which the behaviour of an organism becomes dependent on an event occurring in its environment -
reciprocal inhibition
the theory that the pairing of an anxiety-provoking stimulus with anxiety-reducing reactions will weaken the association between the stimulus and the anxiety.