Classical conditioning could account for how a child learns to
A)stay comfortable in unfamiliar situations.
B)play baseball.
C)work hard in school.
D)feel happy when exposed to a certain smell.

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Classical conditioning, a learning process first described by Ivan Pavlov, involves learning to associate an unconditioned stimulus that automatically elicits a response with a new, conditioned stimulus, so that the conditioned stimulus begins to elicit the response on its own. In the case of feeling happy when exposed to a certain smell, this could be explained by classical conditioning if the smell (conditioned stimulus) was previously associated with a positive experience (unconditioned stimulus) that naturally elicits happiness (unconditioned response), leading to the smell alone triggering happiness (conditioned response).

Classical Conditioning Could Account for How a Child Learns to