When a person or animal learns to associate a neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus, gradually responding to the neutral stimulus in the same way as to the meaningful one, they are exhibiting _____.

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This describes the process of classical conditioning, which involves learning to associate a neutral stimulus (such as a tone or light) with a meaningful stimulus (such as food) and eventually responding to the neutral stimulus in the same way as the meaningful one (salivating or other automatic response).

When a Person or Animal Learns to Associate a Neutral