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contiguity learning theory

a theory stating that if a pattern of stimulation and a response occur together in time and space, learning occurs by the formation of associations between them, so that the same stimulus pattern will elicit the same response on subsequent occasions. See also S–R psychology. [proposed by Edwin R. Guthrie]

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Haldol

Haldol

n. a trade name for haloperidol.