Conditioned Response

What is a Conditioned Response?

In classical conditioning, a conditioned response (CR) is a response that is elicited by a conditioned stimulus. A conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that has been associated with an unconditioned stimulus through classical conditioning.

In Pavlov’s dog experiments, salivation elicited by a learned signal was the conditioned response. The signal was the conditioned stimulus, and food was the unconditioned stimulus. A conditioned response is contrasted with an unconditioned response, which is a response that is naturally elicited by an unconditioned stimulus without any previous conditioning.

Source: Conditioned Reflexes, Lecture II.