A balloon popped and made Brandon cry.It happened again when he was at a friend's birthday party.Now when Brandon sees a balloon,he starts to cry.According to the behaviorist perspective,Brandon cries in response to the balloon because of:
A) operant conditioning.
B) observational learning.
C) classical conditioning.
D) modeling.

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The scenario suggests classical conditioning, where the popping of the balloon (neutral stimulus) has become associated with the negative emotion (crying, unconditioned response) due to its pairing with the loud noise (unconditioned stimulus). Now, the sight of a balloon (conditioned stimulus) elicits the same negative emotion (conditioned response) due to that association.

A Balloon Popped and Made Brandon Cry