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Classical Conditioning Example: Ice Cream Truck

Classical conditioning processes apply in humans. For example, if a person repeatedly hears an ice cream truck's music (neutral stimulus) before taking a bite of ice cream (unconditioned stimulus) which makes their mouth water (unconditioned response), they will eventually salivate (conditioned response) just upon hearing the music (conditioned stimulus).

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