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Describe and evaluate Classical conditioning.
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Describe and evaluate Classical conditioning. Classical is a type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A neutral stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. It is an automatic mechanism that emits an automatic response that aids the survival of an organism by its ability to predict good and bad events. A deer that hears a twig snap in a forest may signal a hunter whilst the aroma of a cake may cause you to salivate. The Classical conditioning theory was developed by Ivan Pavlov. Pavlov was a Russian digestive system specialist who developed the last three decades of his life to novel learning experiments with dogs. Pavlov's classic experiment was to present a stimulus (a tone) just before an unconditioned stimulus (food in the mouth). The neutral stimulus then became a conditioned...
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