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Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning is a psychological phenomenon that associates stimuli with outcomes. It often occurs subconsciously with us even noticing, and commonly manifests in behavioral habits and addiction.

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Pavlov was a behaviorist famous for his experiments with his dogs. Before feeding his dogs, he would ring a bell. The dogs would smell the food and start salivating, after which he would feed them. Over time he realized that when he rang the bell, the dogs started to salivate — he did not even have to feed them to produce that response. This illustrates the subconscious process of classical conditioning in living things, which has been shown to exist in humans in the same way it does in dogs.

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