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Answer for the clue "Stimulation that calls up (evokes or induces or elicits) a particular class of behaviors ", 11 letters:
elicitation

Word definitions for elicitation in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Elicitation may refer to: Elicitation (intelligence) , collecting intelligence information from people as part of human intelligence (intelligence collection) Elicitation technique or elicitation procedure, any of various data collection techniques in social ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of eliciting; ''or'', an elicited thing.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy" [syn: evocation , induction ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elicitation \E*lic`i*ta"tion\, n. The act of eliciting. [Obs.] --Abp. Bramhall.

Usage examples of elicitation.

He is good at friendly interrogation, elicitation, but he has a reputation as a loner, a little eccentric, sometimes hard for desk people and supervisors to deal with.