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Conditioned punisher refers to a punisher that loses its effectiveness through unpaired presentations.

Conditioned Reflex refers to non-voluntary response to a stimulus, expressed through behavior or physiologic alteration, similar to previous responses obtained by repetition of the stimulus

Conditioned reinforcer refers to a reinforcer that loses its effectiveness permanently through unpaired presentations. An unpaired presentation is the presentation of the event without its being associated with any other reinforcers. xConditioned reinforcers are generally assumed by Behavior analysts as that are caused by a previously non-reinforcing event being frequently paired with a reinforcing event. This pairing may occur when the non-reinforcing event serves as a discriminative stimulus.

Conditioned response refers to an acquired response to a stimulus that was previously neutral.

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- Conditioned response (CR) : Conditioned response refers to an acquired response to a stimulus that was previously neutral; a response that, through repeated pairings, is evoked by a formerly neutral stimulus; a learned response elicited by a conditioned stimulus.

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Conditioned stimulus refers to a previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated pairings with the unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

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Conditioned stimulus (CS) is a term in Classical conditioning that refers to previously neutral stimulus that, when paired with a natural stimulus, becomes sufficient to elicit a response

Conditioned suppression theory of punishment refers to the assumption that punishment does not weaken a behavior, but instead produces an emotional response that interferes with the occurrence of the behavior.

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