The Role of Perfume as a Stimulus in Classical Conditioning

In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus is a stimulus that does not evoke a response prior to learning. The process of classical conditioning involves pairing this neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to eventually elicit a conditioned response. If a researcher substituted perfume for the bell in the famous Pavlov's dog experiment, perfume would be characterized as a stimulus, specifically as a neutral stimulus.

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