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Respondent behavior

Also called reflex

Behavior elicited by antecedent stimuli, including unlearned reflexes and responses conditioned through stimulus pairing.

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Pupils constricting in bright light is respondent behavior.

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BCBA B.3 · Concepts and PrinciplesRespondent vs. operant conditioning

Backward pairing
Conditioned response
Conditioned stimulus
Discriminative stimulus
Forward pairing
Higher-order conditioning

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