Examples Of A Neutral Stimulus In Classical Conditioning

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How does a neutral stimulus become a conditioned stimulus? A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that does not produce an automatic response. In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus turns into a conditioned stimulus. To understand this better, let's look at an example. Whenever I call my fiance, her phone plays a certain song as a ringtone. She really doesn't have strong feelings either way about the song, but I love it. When the song comes on Sirius XM, she doesn't have a strong reaction to it. The song is a neutral stimulus because it doesn't elicit any strong emotions from her. However, she really enjoys talking to me. Every we talk, she smiles because she loves me so much. I am a unconditioned stimulus because I elicit an automatic

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