Which of the following best illustrates classical conditioning?
A) After watching another three-year-old stick out her tongue at a day-care worker, Beth does the same thing.
B) Jenny studies hard to achieve a high grade point average.
C) Because his older brother once locked him in the closet, Allen gets anxious in small, enclosed rooms.
D) Susan gives her daughter $5 a week to help with chores around the house.

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Classical conditioning is a type of learning that occurs when a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus that naturally produces a behavior. In this scenario, the neutral stimulus (small, enclosed spaces) became associated with the negative (locked in closet) and produced anxiety in Allen.

Which of the Following Best Illustrates Classical Conditioning