条じょう件けん反はん射しゃ

noun

conditioned reflex; conditioned response

A learned response to a stimulus, as in Pavlovian conditioning. Also used figuratively for automatic, habitual reactions.

• パブロフの犬いぬの実じっ験けんは条じょう件けん反はん射しゃの有ゆう名めいな例れいだ。

  Pavlov's dog experiment is a famous example of a conditioned reflex.

• 彼かれはその曲きょくを聞きくと条じょう件けん反はん射しゃのように涙なみだが出でる。

  He tears up like a conditioned reflex when he hears that song.