Final answer:
Classical conditioning is the process whereby a stimulus-response bond is developed between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response through the repeated linking of a conditioned stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus.
Step-by-step explanation:
In classical conditioning, a response called the conditioned response is associated with a stimulus that it had previously not been associated with, the conditioned stimulus. The response to the original, unconditioned stimulus is called the unconditioned response.
The most cited example of classical conditioning is Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs. In Pavlov's experiments, the unconditioned response was the salivation of dogs in response to the unconditioned stimulus of seeing or smelling their food. The conditioning stimulus that researchers associated with the unconditioned response was the ringing of a bell.
During conditioning, every time the animal was given food, the bell was rung.
After some time, the dog learned to associate the ringing of the bell with food and to respond by salivating.