Psyc 1001 wk3 discussion - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning can be described as one of many ways we learn and change behavior. Per Feldman, “Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response” (Feldman, 2012 p. 169). My mother, who had developed a phobia against horses at the age of six due to the classical conditioning learning of fear. She had been around horses her entire l...