When a person or animal learns to associate a neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus, gradually responding to the neutral stimulus in the same way as to the meaningful one, he or she is exhibiting _____.
A) classical conditioning
B) observational learning
C) operant conditioning
D) modeling

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Classical conditioning is the process of responding to a neutral stimulus in the same way as a meaningful stimulus due to the association between the two. The other options (observational learning, operant conditioning, and modeling) do not specifically involve the association between a neutral and meaningful stimulus.

When a Person or Animal Learns to Associate a Neutral