Many Automatic, Involuntary Responses, Including Heartbeat and Stomach Secretions, Have

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Many automatic, involuntary responses, including heartbeat and stomach secretions, have been classically conditioned.

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Definitions:

Bad Events

Unfavorable or negative incidents that occur, causing distress, difficulty, or harm.

Classical Conditioning

A habituation technique where two stimuli are regularly paired; initially, the response is influenced by the second stimulus, but gradually, it's influenced by the first stimulus alone.

Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his work in classical conditioning, most notably the experiment with dogs that led to the discovery of the conditioned reflex.

Organisms

Any individual living entity, from microscopic bacteria to humans, capable of reproducing, growing, and maintaining homeostasis.