APA Dictionary of Psychology

respondent

Updated on 04/19/2018
n.
  1. an organism that responds to a stimulus.
  2. a study participant who is interviewed as part of a research design or who completes a survey or questionnaire.
  3. in conditioning, any reflex that can be conditioned by classical conditioning procedures. Compare operant.
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