To understand classical conditioning theory, you first need to understand learning. Learning is the process by which new knowledge, ideas, behaviors, and attitudes are acquired (Rehman, Mahabadi, Sanvictores, & Rehman, 2020).
Learning can occur consciously or unconsciously (Rehman et al., 2020).Classical conditioning is the process by which an automatic, conditioned response and stimuli are paired (McSweeney & Murphy, 2014).
There are references in the classical conditioning literature to this being stimulus and response behavior (McSweeney & Murphy, 2014).A famous work on classical conditioning is that by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, born in 1849.
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