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[–] RedEyeFlightControl 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is a well defined psychological principle called Pavlovian response.

[–] JuicyGyri 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Probably closer to intermittent reward than Pavlovian conditioning! But yeah, definitely already "well defined" by psychology haha

[–] RedEyeFlightControl 3 points 1 year ago

I would suggest that the stimulus was strong enough to condition after one trial, due to the repeat behavior.