For a Child, the Sight of a Needle (CS)is Followed

question 271

Multiple Choice

For a child, the sight of a needle (CS) is followed by an injection (US) , which causes fear (UR) .Eventually the sight of the needle (CS) may produce a learned fear of the needle (CR) .This illustrates

• A) classical conditioning.
• B) operant conditioning.
• C) social learning.
• D) observational learning.

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