Through classical conditioning, an organism learns
A) about reinforcing stimuli.
B) how to execute a response to obtain a reinforcer.
C) that some stimuli predict important events.
D) the three-term contingency.
E) about aversive stimuli.

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Classical conditioning is a learning process in which an organism learns to associate two stimuli, such that one stimulus comes to predict the occurrence of another. This is exemplified by Pavlov's experiments, where dogs learned to associate the sound of a bell (a neutral stimulus) with the presentation of food (an unconditioned stimulus), eventually responding to the bell alone with salivation (a conditioned response).

Through Classical Conditioning, an Organism Learns