English Explanatory Dictionary

classical conditioning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in the case of a dog), so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response (salivation) similar to the one elicited by the potent stimulus.

Word forms

classical conditioning

Synonyms

Pavlovian conditioning
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