Newborns are born with innate sensory abilities that they do not have to learn; however, one way they learn about their environment is via the _________ method first identified by Pavlov.

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Classical conditioning was first identified by Ivan Pavlov, a method where a natural reflex responds to a stimulus. In Pavlov's experiments, dogs learned to associate a bell sound (neutral stimulus) with food (unconditioned stimulus), eventually responding to the bell alone (conditioned stimulus) with salivation (conditioned response), demonstrating how newborns can learn about their environment through association.

Newborns Are Born with Innate Sensory Abilities That They Do