Pavlovian conditioning.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It has for years been a "Pavlovian" response to stressful or difficult life situations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carole Bennett: Is Relapse Part Of Recovery?] Reference

And by the way, "Pavlovian" does not equal "scared of words," as you inadvertently suggest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference

As a result, markets are displaying some kind of Pavlovian reaction, activating classic reflation trades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heritage's Ledermann eyes gold and emerging markets] Reference

And, at this point, I think I've got some kind of Pavlovian response going: that music plays, cue my tear ducts.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Lost' Dueling Analysis: 'The Candidate'] Reference

If you don't believe us, try it — the sound of ice clanking in a shaker causes a kind of Pavlovian response in party-goers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Party-Ready Punch] Reference

U.K. officer slams 'Pavlovian' criticism of IDF after Gaza war.    From Wordnik.com.  [InI] Reference

Now that we've cleared the room by using "Pavlovian," let's enjoy "Role Models.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference

It's a kind of Pavlovian thing that started in 1989 when I did the film "Stanley and Iris" with Robert DeNiro.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jezebel] Reference

He described the pain as akin to a Pavlovian reaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Teicholz: "DOC" on PBS: The life and fictions of Harold Humes] Reference

My response, I know from experience, will be Pavlovian.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Art Of Credit Sequences] Reference

And again, until some sort of Pavlovian reflex kicks in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Your basic insipid Lefty platitudinous Pavlovian life or.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Campaign Officially Endorses Lieberman's Claim That Obama Hasn't "Put Country First"] Reference

It has this Pavlovian aspect, the repetition of the tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brian Dewan's Delightful Dewanatrons] Reference

Are you just trained to respond to Pavlovian soundbites.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Negative Hillary Ad In South Carolina Hits Obama For Calling GOP "Party Of Ideas"] Reference

It was an interesting routine, she thought — very Pavlovian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disordered Minds]

PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: We have a true Pavlovian response here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2001] Reference

They get used to it and they think it's sort of like Pavlovian.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2007] Reference

He had me waiting by the phone at home like a Pavlovian whore-dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [haloaskew Diary Entry] Reference

I wish the media would scrap the Pavlovian methodology and give Edwards more airtime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edwards: Hillary On Detour Through "Deep Canyon Of Corporate Lobbyists"] Reference

My wife's enjoying herself and I'm humoring myself by watching this Pavlovian reaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

The question alerted the mechanism which produced the almost-Pavlovian loyalty response.    From Wordnik.com.  [General Max Shorter] Reference

They're trying to condition us in a Pavlovian way to urge them to come back to the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2007] Reference

This way, people are taught to pay ransom when intimidated - a type of Pavlovian training.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

What if the awesome Pavlovian power of these incentives would make the world a nicer place?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Save the World With Gamerscores] Reference

 Mrs Motherwell came in and the class sat up in Pavlovian response, eager for their marks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comic Superhero] Reference

Hari appeals is fellow members of his cliques, and they respond with Pavlovian predictability.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

With Pavlovian instincts, the market bought Timothy Geithner's fiscal fantasy, at least for a day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sheldon Filger: U.S. Banks Doomed to Fail] Reference

Q Joe, OPEC this morning said that they're not going to react like Pavlovian dogs to a rise in oil prices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference

MARCIANO: I should, like a Pavlovian (ph) dog, know that the sound of thunder and lightning and get to the map.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2007] Reference

I learne, d how to banish unwanted images -- of death and falsehood and betrayal -- from my mind with Pavlovian efficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Test]

Unfortunately, they have both the money to get out their message, and the Pavlovian conditioning of generations of Americans on their side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time] Reference