Rosa is afraid of needles and becomes anxious when she enters the examination room at the clinic before a blood test. This illustrates
A) classical conditioning.
B) stimulus generalization.
C) operant conditioning.
D) stimulus discrimination.

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Rosa's anxiety in response to the examination room, which she associates with needles, is an example of classical conditioning, where a neutral stimulus (the room) becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus (needles) that naturally elicits a response (fear).

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