The classical conditioning approach is a psychological perspective that assumes human behavior is influenced by learning associations between stimuli. It suggests that behaviors are acquired through the process of pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus to evoke a conditioned response.
Classical conditioning is a learning process rooted in behaviorism, where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.
Pavlov's experiments with dogs are seminal, demonstrating that a neutral stimulus (bell) paired with food could evoke salivation, a response initially triggered only by the food.