Classical conditioning occurs when an organism __________.

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Classical conditioning involves the process where an organism learns to associate a previously neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus, leading to a learned response to the previously neutral stimulus. This concept was famously demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov through his experiments with dogs, where he showed that dogs could learn to associate the sound of a bell (a neutral stimulus) with food (a meaningful stimulus), eventually responding to the bell alone by salivating.

Classical Conditioning Occurs When an Organism __________