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goal response

goal response

1. in Hull’s mathematico-deductive theory of learning, the unconditioned response elicited by a goal stimulus.

2. more generally, the final response in a chain of behavior directed toward obtaining a goal. In conditioning, it specifically refers to the response given to a positive reinforcing stimulus. See also consummatory response.

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