Answer:
acquisition
Explanation:
Acquisition is the first stage of learning in especially in classical condition, in which an organism learns a behavior or elicit a specific response by forming an association between an unconditioned stimulus and a conditioned stimulus.
For example, in Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiment, the presentation of food is the unconditioned stimulus that generates an unconditioned response in form of salivation in the dog, while the tone of the bell that was later paired with the presentation of food is the conditioned stimulus that generates salivation (conditioned response) later when presented alone.
The first stage of of learning where the dog begins to salivate at the sound of the bell is referred to as acquisition.
