The phrase "an alternative response" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different options or replies to a question or situation.
Example: "If the initial suggestion doesn't work, we can consider an alternative response to address the issue."
Alternatives: "a different reply" or "another answer".
At a recent panel discussion, I argued for an alternative response to the tragedy at Rana Plaza.
We change it by noticing what we normally do, inhibit our normal reaction and work to form an alternative response, and thus develop new habits.
Behaviourally, ES adolescents took longer to switch from a prepotent response ("go") to an alternative response ("change") than control adolescents.
But Pricewaterhouse will have to come up with an alternative response to these trends, and the company's value can be expected to go down if uncertainty about the future of its consulting unit drives away employees.
Activity in these regions was not significantly modulated by changes in reinforcement value that were not sufficient to make an alternative response advantageous.
Participants also underwent a purely behavioral Go/Nogo task, which included a manipulation of inhibition difficulty (blocks with 50 vs. 80% go-trials) and a Change-signal task that required switching to an alternative response.
Those beliefs, embodied in the concept of democratic pluralism, offer an affirmative, alternative response to fundamentalism, whether of a religious or secular nature.
The modification consisted of an additional alternative response to the question about actual degree of control in decision making: "I was not asked for my opinion".
A plausible alternative response could be that the student has understood the question and has shown the parts differently, one drawn as a rectangle and the remaining two as bows.
A further alternative response was also provided: 'I already have this problem'.
A third alternative response to larval growth constraints would be for adults to adapt behaviourally rather than amphibian larvae adapting physiologically.
