Suppose an infant is shown the same picture of a cow over and over again. Eventually the infant grows tired of looking at the picture. Now, the infant is shown a picture of an elephant, and she stares intently at this "new" picture. The procedure used in this demonstration would best be considered to be an example of classical conditioning.

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This situation is a good example of how habituation studies are performed. This is not an example of classical conditioning, since there is no unconditioned stimulus (reflex) that produces an unconditioned response.

Suppose an Infant Is Shown the Same Picture of a Cow