Association is a process by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus.
This is achieved by repeatedly presenting it along with a stimulus that elicits the desired response.
This is also known as Pavlovian conditioning.
A process by which a subject comes to respond in a desired manner to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with a stimulus that elicits the desired response.
Pavlov fed dogs at the sound of a bell.
The dogs soon began salivating at the sound of the bell.