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5025 Part 1 Flashcards

1
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Escape

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Response terminates aversive stimulus

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2
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Experimental analysis of behavior

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Use experimentation to examine principles of behavior

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3
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Extinction

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reinforcer does not follow response and weakens RS relation

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Fixed interval

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Reinforcer is delivered for the first correct response after a passage of time

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Fixed ratio

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Reinforcer is delivered after a specific number of responses

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Forward chaining

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Teach first step of a task analysis first

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Four term contingency

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MO-A-B-C

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Frequency

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Count

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Functional relation

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One event dependent upon another

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10
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Functional response class

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All forms of the response with a similar function

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Generalization

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Response occurs in the presence of untrained stimuli

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12
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Imitation

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Copy modeled response

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13
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Independent variable

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Manipulated

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14
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Inter-observer agreement

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Two people independently observe, record and agree on the occurrence of a response

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15
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IRT

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Time between two consecutive responses

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16
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Interval recording

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Record if response occurs during a period of time

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17
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Intervention

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Implement a procedure to change a target behavior

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18
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Latency

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Time from onset of stimulus to initiating response

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19
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Limited hold

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Window of opportunity for reinforcement after FI or VI

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20
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Modeling

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Demonstrate desired behavior

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21
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Momentary time sample

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Record the presence or absence of a response at an exact moment in time

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22
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Motivating operations

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alter the value of a consequence and changes frequency of behavior

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23
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Negative punishment

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rate of responding decreases when stimulus removed after response

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24
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Unconditioned stimulus

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Stimulus elicits response without prior learning

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25
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Chaining

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Teach steps of a complex behavior

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26
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Contingency

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If-then relationship

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27
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Abolishing operation

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temporarily decreases the value of a consequence

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28
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Consequence

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Stimulus that follows behavior

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29
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Abscissa

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X axis

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30
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Analytic

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Evaluate functional relationships

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31
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Negative reinforcement

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rate of responding increases when stimulus removed after response

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32
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Operant behavior

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Learned through consequences

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33
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Operant conditioning

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Consequence immediately follows response and changes RS relation

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34
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Ordinate

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Y axis

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35
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Parsimony

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Rule out simple, logical explanations first

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36
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Pavlov

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Studied respondent conditioning

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37
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Permanent product

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The physical result of behavior

38
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Philosophical doubt

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Question everything

39
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Philosophical assumptions of behavior analysis

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Determinism, empiricism, experimentation, replication, parsimony, philosophic doubt

40
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Positive punishment

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rate of responding decreases when stimulus presented after response

41
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Positive reinforcement

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rate of responding increases when stimulus presented after response

42
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Conditioned stimulus

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Neutral stimulus elicits response after pairing with an unconditioned stimulus

43
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Antecedent

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Stimulus that precedes behavior

44
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Applied behavior analysis

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Use of behavior analysis to solve practical problems

45
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Behavior

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Everything an organism does that can be observed and measured

46
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Behaviorism

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Natural science approach to studying behavior

47
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Determinism

48
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Differential Reinforcement

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Reinforcer delivered for one response class but not for others

49
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Discriminative stimulus

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Signals reinforcer is available

50
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Duration

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total time response occurs

51
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Empiricism

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Events are objectively observed, described and measured

52
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Dependent variable

53
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Avoidance

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Response prevents or postpones presence of an aversive stimulus

54
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B.F. Skinner

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Intellectual force behind behavior analysis

55
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Backward chaining

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Teach last step of a task analysis first

56
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Baseline

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independent variable not implemented

57
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Deprivation

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Withholding stimulus increases reinforcer effectiveness

58
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Environment

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stimuli that affect behavior

59
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Preference assessment

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Identify and rank stimuli as effective reinforcers

60
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Premack principle

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High probability behavior is contingent on low probability behavior

61
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Primary reinforcer

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Stimulus needed to survive

62
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Punishment

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Behavioral contingency decreases rate of response

63
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Radical Behaviorism

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The study of human behavior including thoughts and feelings

64
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Rate

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Ratio = response/time

65
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Ratio strain

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Schedule of reinforcement is too thin to maintain behavior

66
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Reflex

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unlearned S-R relation

67
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Reinforcement

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Behavioral contingency increases rate of response

68
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Reinforcer

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Stimulus increases future probability of behavior

69
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Reliability

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Repeated measures have same results

70
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Respondent behavior

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Innate reflex

71
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Respondent conditioning

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Pair neutral stimulus with unconditioned stimulus

72
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Response

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An instance of behavior

73
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Response class

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A group of similar behaviors

74
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Satiation

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Repeatedly presenting stimulus decreases reinforcer effectiveness

75
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Shaping

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Series of approximations toward a terminal behavior

76
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Stimulus

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Environmental event that can affect behavior

77
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Stimulus class

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Stimuli that share common elements

78
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Stimulus control

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Antecedent stimulus alters dimensions of behavior

79
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Task analysis

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Breaking a complex skill into smaller teachable units

80
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Technological

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Procedures are precisely defined

81
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Temporal extent

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Behavior occupies time

82
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Temporal locus

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Behavior occurs at a point in time

83
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Thinning

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Fading the schedule of reinforcement

84
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3 term contingency

85
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Topographical response class

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Responses look the same but have a different effect

86
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Topography

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shape or form of behavior

87
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Variable interval

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Reinforcer delivered for first response after a varying amount of time

88
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Variable ratio

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Reinforcer delivered for a varying number of responses

89
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Establishing operation

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temporarily increases the value of a consequence

90
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Conditioned reflex

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Response elicited by conditioned stimulus

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