APA Dictionary of Psychology

stimulus function

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. the role of a stimulus in evoking a response. For example, the taste and texture of ice cream in the mouth function to elicit licking and swallowing.
  2. the mathematical relationship between the magnitude of a stimulus and the size of the response.

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