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Classical Conditioning

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Classical conditioning is learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to trigger a response after being paired with a stimulus that already triggers it.

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A dog salivates to a tone after the tone has repeatedly preceded food.

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Classical conditioning acts on involuntary responses. Behaviors the organism chooses are learned another way.