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  *Response Acquisition <The building phase of conditioning during which the likelihood or strength of the desired response increases> l   Classical conditioning l   Naturally occurring responses are attached to conditioned stimulus by pairing that stimulus with the unconditioned stimulus l   Spacing of trials effects rate of training - Intermittent pairing (pairing the conditioned S and the unconditioned S on only a portion of the learning trials) reduces both the rate of learning and the final level of learning achieved l   Multiple trials strengthen US-CS link   l   Operant conditioning l   Learning process in which desired responses are followed by reinforcers l   Relevant responses are selectively reinforced l   A Skinner box is often used to limit the range of available responses and thus increase the likelihood that the desired response will occur. l   To speed up this process and make the occurrence of a desired response more likely, motivation