responsive
re·spon·sive / riˈspänsiv/ • adj. 1. reacting quickly and positively: a flexible service that is responsive to changing social and economic patterns. ∎ responding readily and with interest or enthusiasm: our most enthusiastic and responsive students.2. answering: I'm distracted by a nibble on my line: I jig it several times, but there is no responsive tug. ∎ (of a section of liturgy) using responses.DERIVATIVES: re·spon·sive·ly adv.re·spon·sive·ness n.
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respond , re·spond / riˈspänd/ • v. say something in reply: [intr.] she could not get Robert to respond to her words | he responded that it would not be feasib… response , re·sponse / riˈspäns/ • n. a verbal or written answer: without waiting for a response, she returned to her newspaper | we received 400 applications i… Retaliate , re·tal·i·ate / riˈtalēˌāt/ • v. [intr.] make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack: the blow stung and she retaliated immediately. ∎ [t… Conditioned Responses , Conditioned responses
In classical conditioning, behavior that is learned in response to a particular stimulus.
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