Classic Conditioning

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The basic process of classic conditioning happens in three stages; first there must be a conditioned stimulus, the stimulus will then cause a conditioned response. Then when an unconditioned stimulus is added in the learning process, the same response still occurs. The example we will be using here is throwing a ball to someone. Stage 1 (before learning): When the ball is thrown (unconditioned stimulus), it causes a natural reflex response (unconditioned response) to put up your hands to catch it. Throw ball ((UCS) -> Puts up hands to catch the ball (UCR) Stage 2(learning process): We will now snap our fingers (unconditioned stimulus) immediately before throwing the ball. Snap Fingers (CS) -> Throws Ball (UCS) -> Puts up hands to catch the