When a Neutral Stimulus Is Followed by an Unconditioned Stimulus

question 457

Multiple Choice

When a neutral stimulus is followed by an unconditioned stimulus that consistently produces an unlearned reaction, called the unconditioned response, the previously neutral stimulus begins to produce this response directly.This process is called

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) operant conditioning.
• C) social learning.
• D) observational learning.

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