classical conditioning
Definitions of classical conditioning
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conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflextype of:conditioninga learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
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