Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning involves learning reflexive involuntary responses to stimuli that do not normally cause such responses.

A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that before conditioning does not naturally bring about the involuntary response of interest.

The unconditioned stimulus illicit's a reflexive response without previous conditioning.

During the classical conditioning process, the neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with the unconditioned stimulus to produce the unconditioned response.

After repeated pairings the neutral stimulus is now considered to be a conditioned stimulus.