(Psychology)psychola 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. Also called (esp formerly)...
Conditioned reinforcers may be particularly important because they do not depend on motivating operations that may affect the power of any one particular reinforcer. For example, it may take much longer for a learner to satiate on praise or tokens (see below) than it would take her to satiate...
What is a neutral stimulus that becomes associated with a primary reinforcer? What is the conditioned stimulus preexposure effect? What is a neutral stimulus? What are some examples of neutral, conditioned, and unconditional stimuli and responses?