Learning that involves the pairing of conditioned and unconditioned stimuli is called
A)operant conditioning.
B)vicarious learning.
C)observational learning.
D)classical conditioning.

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Classical conditioning involves learning through the association between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus. This concept was famously demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov through his experiments with dogs, where he paired the sound of a bell (neutral stimulus) with the presentation of food (unconditioned stimulus) to produce salivation (unconditioned response), eventually leading to the bell alone (now a conditioned stimulus) eliciting salivation (conditioned response).

Learning That Involves the Pairing of Conditioned and Unconditioned Stimuli