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Classical Conditioning PDF version for printing Background: Learning vs. Memory First of all, you may find it interesting that "learning" and "memory" make up two different chapters in the text, though the two terms seem very much related. In fact, "learning" and "memory/cognition&qu

what is classical (Pavlovian) conditioning? We use the term classical (or Pavlovian) conditioning to describe one type of associative learning in which there is no contingency between the behavior (BH) of an animal and a biologically relevant event (unconditioned stimulus, US). Instead, the US is contingent upon an in

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Classical conditioning (also known as Pavlovian or respondent conditioning) is a learning process in which an innate response to a potent stimulus comes to be elicited in response to a previously neutral stimulus this is achieved by repeated pairings of the neutral stimulus with the potent stimulus. The basic facts abo