classical conditioning

Procedure

• behavior modification in which a subject is conditioned to respond to a previously neutral stimulus, by associating it with an unconditioned stimulus (something that initiates an emotional response in the subject).

Notes

• the process was made famous by Ivan Pavlov & his experiments conducted with dogs (Pavlog's dog)

More general terms

• clinical procedure

Additional terms

• associative memory/learning (conditioning)
• conditioned fear response