Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to Ivan Pavlov, or the principles of conditioned responses that he investigated.
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- adjective Of or relating to the theories of the Russian
physiologist ,psychologist , andphysician Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, especially those related to behavioralconditioning .
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- adjective of or relating to Ivan Pavlov or his experiments
Etymologies
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Examples
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During that time of relative inaction, global investors flocked to the dollar as they have done in Pavlovian fashion since the Bretton Woods agreement was signed.
Michael Pento: Bernanke Has Buried the Buck Michael Pento 2010
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And lo and behold … Kai_Wolf pops up in Pavlovian fashion, unleashing a male-genital-focussed diatribe against Dion.
Cons Accept Manley Report, Now Up To Libs – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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In psychology this is called a Pavlovian Response.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Imam Khalid Latif 2012
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In a procedure called Pavlovian fear conditioning, a rat hears a tone that is rapidly followed by a shock to the foot.
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This procedure is also referred to as Pavlovian conditioning, after the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who first showed, over 100 years, ago that dogs quickly learn to associate the sound of a ringing bell with the presentation of food, so that after a number of pairings of the two stimuli, they begin to salivate in anticipation of being fed when presented with the bell alone.
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As a result, markets are displaying some kind of Pavlovian reaction, activating classic reflation trades.
Heritage's Ledermann eyes gold and emerging markets Tara Loader Wilkinson 2010
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I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.
Tanya Schevitz: Josh Radnor Connects to Life Old School Style 2010
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And, at this point, I think I've got some kind of Pavlovian response going: that music plays, cue my tear ducts.
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If you don't believe us, try it — the sound of ice clanking in a shaker causes a kind of Pavlovian response in party-goers.
Party-Ready Punch Kevin Sintumuang 2010
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I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.
Tanya Schevitz: Josh Radnor Connects to Life Old School Style 2010
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