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Classical Conditioning

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Classical conditioning is a type of learning where a neutral stimulus attains the ability to make a response produced originally by a different stimulus, and emotions are able to be classically conditioned. This is called a conditioned emotional response. It is where an emotion, either positive or negative, is felt when experiencing a stimulus that was accompanied by either a pleasant or painful event. An example of a classically conditioned emotion would be connecting the smell of a certain aftershave with pain which would then cause anxiety. For example, going to the dentist and smelling a certain aftershave while experiencing pain during a procedure will connect the two, and if the procedure is done multiple times, the emotion that is being
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