Elicit in AP Psychology

Definition

Elicit means to bring about or evoke a response or reaction. In the context of learning, it refers to causing a behavior or response by presenting a specific stimulus.

Related terms

Classical Conditioning:

Classical conditioning is a type of learning where two stimuli are repeatedly paired together so that an originally neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response.

Pavlov's Dogs: This famous experiment involved pairing the sound of a bell (neutral stimulus) with food (unconditioned stimulus), which eventually caused the dogs to salivate (conditioned response) at the sound of the bell alone.

Conditioned Response:

In classical conditioning, the learned response that occurs when an originally neutral stimulus comes to elicit a particular behavior or reaction.