When He Was 5 Years Old, Sunil Was Almost Struck

question 110

Multiple Choice

When he was 5 years old, Sunil was almost struck by lightning while walking through a forest during a rainstorm. Today, he is extremely afraid of trees. A behaviorist would say that he has acquired this fear by:

• A) operant conditioning.
• B) modeling and imitation.
• C) classical conditioning.
• D) stimulus generalization.

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