Learning

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Classical conditioning: neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to evoke a similar response (the response occurs w/o effort & awareness)

Unconditioned stimulus: stimulus that produces a response w/o prior learning

Conditioned stimulus: previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus evokes a conditioned response

Unconditioned response: unlearned response automatically evoked by the unconditioned stimulus

Conditioned response: Learned response that occurs after the conditioned stimulus, and unconditioned stimulus are paired

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