connectionism: Meaning and Definition of

con•nec•tion•ism

Pronunciation: (ku-nek'shu-niz"um), [key]
— n. Psychol.
  1. the theory that all mental processes can be described as the operation of inherited or acquired bonds between stimulus and response.
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