classical conditioning

n. Psychology

A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that elicits the desired response.

(Psychology) Psychol the alteration in responding that occurs when two stimuli are regularly paired in close succession: the response originally given to the second stimulus comes to be given to the first See also conditioned response

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A process of behavior modification in which a subject learns to respond in a desired manner such that a neutral stimulus (the conditioned stimulus) is repeatedly presented in association with a stimulus (the unconditioned stimulus) that elicits a natural response (the unconditioned response) until the neutral stimulus alone elicits the same response (now called the conditioned response). For example, in Pavlov's experiments, food is the unconditioned stimulus that produces salivation, a reflex or unconditioned response. The bell is the conditioned stimulus, which eventually produces salivation in the absence of food. This salivation is the conditioned response.

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classical conditioning - 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 reflex

conditioning - a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

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For example, classical conditioning interactions have outcomes involving the transfer of stimulus function from one stimulus to another, such that a stimulus previously functioning as something to simply orient to or reach for might come to function as something against which to defend oneself (aversive conditioning).

Sketch of J. R. Kantor's psychological interbehavioral field theory by Delprato, Dennis J.; Smith, Noel W. / The Psychological Record

Benedetti proposes that pain and mental state fit better into the expectation model, while classical conditioning may be an explanation for responses in immunological function, hormonal and respiratory responses (such as asthma).

The placebo effect quantified: how the placebo became a major player ... by Mark, David / Nutraceuticals World

Back in the 1890s, Ivan Pavlov experimented with classical conditioning by ringing a bell every time he fed his dog.

Pavlov's Doe: can deer pattern humans? by Humphrey, Bob / Petersen's Bowhunting

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