CR, or
Conditioned Reflex - A
learned response to a specific
conditioned stimulus through association (temporal pairing) with some other stimulus that already produces the desired response.
In
classical conditioning experiments, such as those performed by
Pavlov, the "
other" stimulus is often an
unconditioned stimulus (
US), which is a stimulus that produces an innate response (an
unconditioned response, or UR). That is, a response that the animal exhibits from birth.
Learned responses are learned behaviors. Many learned behaviors may ultimately be traceable to conditioned associations with
unconditioned stimuli.