A puff of air will make your eye blink every time it hits your eye. If we sound a horn before each puff of air hits your eye several times, you will soon blink to the horn alone. Thus, blinking to the horn illustrates
A)an automatic, non-learned response.
B)learning by consequences.
C)classical conditioning.
D)operant conditioning.

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This scenario is an example of classical conditioning, where a neutral stimulus (the sound of the horn) becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus (the puff of air) that naturally triggers a response (blinking). Over time, the neutral stimulus alone can elicit the conditioned response (blinking), without the need for the unconditioned stimulus.

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