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** Classical Conditioning ** 

 (also **Pavlovian** or **respondent conditioning**) is a form of [|associative learning] that was first demonstrated by [|Ivan Pavlov].[|[1]] The typical procedure for inducing classical conditioning involves presentations of a neutral [|stimulus] along with a stimulus of some significance. The neutral stimulus could be any event that does not result in an overt behavioral response from the organism under investigation. Pavlov referred to this as a //conditioned stimulus (CS)//. Conversely, presentation of the significant stimulus necessarily evokes an innate, often reflexive, response. Pavlov called these the //unconditioned stimulus (US)// and //unconditioned response (// // UR //// ) //, respectively. If the CS and the US are repeatedly paired, eventually the two stimuli become associated and the organism begins to produce a behavioral response to the CS. Pavlov called this the //conditioned response (CR)//.

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