Educational Psychology / Unit 13 EDP 1231 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Classical Conditioning
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The idea
In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus paired with an unconditioned stimulus, which triggers an unconditioned response, becomes a conditioned stimulus that triggers a conditioned response.
In practice
Pavlov's bell, paired with food, came to make dogs salivate on its own.
Where people slip
Classical conditioning pairs two stimuli before a response; operant conditioning links a behavior to what follows.
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