Fallon is afraid of loud sounds, like thunder. she associates lightning with thunder because it regularly precedes thunder. thus, when fallon sees lightning, she braces herself for hearing a big boom several seconds later. fallon has experienced a certain kind of associative learning known as

a. classical conditioning.

c. sensitization.

b. habituation.

d. observational learning.

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Oliver Smith

Social Studies

11 April, 04:39

Fallon is afraid of loud sounds, like thunder. she associates lightning with thunder because it regularly precedes thunder. thus, when fallon sees lightning, she braces herself for hearing a big boom several seconds later. fallon has experienced a certain kind of associative learning known as

a. classical conditioning.

c. sensitization.

b. habituation.

d. observational learning.

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Henry · Answer 1

I believe the answer is A) classical conditioning, as due to Fallon regularly seeing lightning (which she is neutral to) after thunder (which she dislikes), she associates the two, and anticipates thunder occurring after the lightning.