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Definition of Classical conditioning
1. Noun. Conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex.
Definition of Classical conditioning
1. Noun. (psychology) The use of a neutral stimulus, originally paired with one that invokes a response, to generate a conditioned response ¹
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Medical Definition of Classical conditioning
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Literary usage of Classical conditioning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"This is analogous to Pavlov's classical conditioning experiments in which dogs
salivated at the cue of a bell following repeated pairing of food ..."
2. Social Security Programs in the U. S. by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Progress has been particularly striking in the understanding of "classical
conditioning," the process through which organisms come to associate simple ..."
3. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"Similarly, the study of classical conditioning in drug-taking must take into
account the role of opérant conditioning; drug-taking is an opérant and the way ..."
4. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"For these reasons, it would seem that the aforementioned classical-conditioning-oriented
place-preference tests would be more productive. ..."
5. Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorders edited by Richard A. Rawson, Rose M. Urban (2000)
"They should receive a primer on the classical conditioning aspects of stimulant
use disorders, and look at cravings as a conditioned response. ..."
6. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"... additional evidence of nicotine's potential to control behavior by this basic
learning process (ie, Pavlovian or classical conditioning, see Chapter V). ..."
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