Pavlovian

• The premise has got me salivating like a Pavlovian canine: Sixteen amateur filmmakers get split into teams to produce a weekly short film in a particular genre (sci-fi, romantic comedy, action, etc.). —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
• So Pavlovian is their response, it's almost like a comedy routine. first piece on the Iowa marriage decision. —  GayPatriot
• But it felt honest, and it worked, to the extent that by the time he switched gears - calling for a real international agreement on climate change and a recognition that tackling global poverty is a moral obligation - he appeared to have ingrained some kind of Pavlovian reaction: —  The Guardian World News
• Perhaps someone could enlighten me on the relationship between the dollar and commodity prices which, in the past, I've referred to as nothing more than a "Pavlovian" response by traders which, incidentally, didn't work out so well in 2005 when both the dollar and commodity prices rose. —  The Mess That Greenspan Made
• It's a kind of Pavlovian thing that started in 1989 when I did the film "Stanley and Iris" with Robert DeNiro. —  Jezebel

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