Classical Conditioning

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Classical conditioning is conditioning a reflex to occur to when an unrelated, or neutral, stimulus is applied. This is often done through repetition of a single action or set of actions over a period of time. Classical conditioning consists of the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), unconditioned response (UCR), conditioned stimulus (CS), neutral stimulus (NS) and the conditioned response (CS). As a personal example of this I will bring up my cat, Evie. When I arrive home and shut the car door Evie, from wherever she may be, runs not to me but to the front door and becomes excited, the same way she reacts when she actually sees/receives food. She reacts like this because everyday for the past three years I’ve feed her at the same time, when I arrived