I feel good when I see someone smile. This pleasurable feeling is:
A) called a vicarious emotional response.
B) at least partly the result of classical conditioning.
C) Both a and b are correct.
D) Neither a nor b is correct.

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The pleasurable feeling from seeing someone smile is both a vicarious emotional response, where you feel an emotion in response to someone else's emotional expression, and partly the result of classical conditioning, where your positive response could be conditioned by past experiences associating smiles with positive outcomes.

I Feel Good When I See Someone Smile