- A goad; hence, something that rouses the mind or
spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of gain is a powerful stimulus to
labor and action. - That which excites or produces a temporary increase of
vital action, either in the whole organism or in any of its parts;
especially (Physiol.), any substance or agent capable of evoking the
activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable of producing an
impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its specific
end organ.
Effective stimulus Effective stimulus is a stimulus that produces a response when applied to an appropriate sense receptor. For example, shining a light in front of a subject's
Stimulus discrimination Stimulus discrimination is the process that occurs if two stimuli are sufficiently distinct from one another that one evokes a conditioned
Neutral Stimulus A stimulus that, before conditioning, does not naturally bring about the response of interest, is called neutral stimulus.
Unconditioned stimulus(UCS) A stimulus that naturally bring about a particular response without having been learned, is called unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
Conditioned stimulus (CS) Conditioned stimulus (CS) is a once-neutral stimulus that has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus to bring about a response formerly
Stimulus Energy that produces a response in a sense organ, known as stimulus.
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