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NEUTRAL STIMULUS [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A stimulus which does not ordinarily elicit the response which it is made to elicit after conditioning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
DEF

[...] stimulus qui ne déclenche initialement aucune réponse particulière persistante, ou plus précisément, aucune réponse assimilable à celle qu'il déclenchera après l'opération de conditionnement.

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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