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conditioned reflex

The definition of a conditioned reflex is some action or feeling that you learn to do in response to a specific situation or stimulus.

(noun)

An example of a conditioned reflex is if you learn to run to the door to get presents every time your mom gets back from a business trip.

See conditioned reflex in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a reflex in which the response (e.g., secretion of saliva in a dog) is occasioned by a secondary stimulus (e.g., the ringing of a bell) repeatedly associated with the primary stimulus (e.g., the sight of meat)

also conditioned response

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