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(redirected from classical conditioning)

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For example, classical conditioning interactions have outcomes involving the transfer of stimulus function from one stimulus to another, such that a stimulus previously functioning as something to simply orient to or reach for might come to function as something against which to defend oneself (aversive conditioning).
Benedetti proposes that pain and mental state fit better into the expectation model, while classical conditioning may be an explanation for responses in immunological function, hormonal and respiratory responses (such as asthma).
Back in the 1890s, Ivan Pavlov experimented with classical conditioning by ringing a bell every time he fed his dog.
 
 
 
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