单词 | signal reaction |
释义 | > as lemmassignal reaction signal reaction n. Psychology an immediate, non-rational, conditioned response to a stimulus or a symbol. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > types of semantic change > [noun] usurpation1644 amelioration1871 pejoration1889 adequation1931 permutation1931 melioration1939 loan-shift1950 signal reaction1976 1915 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 26 348 He was conscious of the longer duration of the activities preceding the signal reaction. 1976 N. Postman Crazy Talk 195 A signal reaction is what happens when words have lost their referential or symbolic aspect and instead assume the character of religious icons. 2007 K. Albrecht Pract. Intelligence xi. 312 It's as if the thalamus, the information gateway to your cortex, gets hijacked by the over-reactive amygdala. That is what we refer to as the signal reaction. < as lemmas |
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