Are Stimulus and Response Related?

A change in the environment is the stimulus; the reaction of the organism to it is the response.

Does a response cause a stimulus?

A stimulus causes an action or response, like the ringing of your alarm clock if you didn't sleep through it. Stimulus is a word often used in biology — something that causes a reaction in an organ or cell, for example. ... For more than one stimulus, use stimuli, not stimuluses.

What is the difference of stimulus and response?

The main difference between stimulus and response is that a stimulus is an event or condition which initiates a response whereas response is the organism's reaction to a stimulus.

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