When two-year-old Clarice was playing in the basement, a large burst of thunder scared her at the same time she saw a spider. Now Clarice has a spider phobia. Clarice's experience is an example of which type of learning?
A)Operant conditioning
B)Observational learning
C)Vicarious learning
D)Insight learning
E)Classical conditioning

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Clarice's experience is an example of classical conditioning, where she has associated the fear response initially triggered by the thunder with the sight of a spider, leading to a spider phobia.

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