If you have a "frightening experience" immediately after hearing a strange sound,your fear may be aroused when you hear that sound again.This best illustrates
A) generalization.
B) spontaneous recovery.
C) classical conditioning.
D) operant behavior.

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This scenario describes classical conditioning. The frightening experience is the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) that elicits the unconditioned response (UCR) of fear. The strange sound becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS) that is associated with the UCS and soon elicits the conditioned response (CR) of fear. This is an example of Pavlov's classical conditioning, where a neutral stimulus (the sound) becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus (the frightening experience) to elicit a conditioned response (fear).

If You Have a "Frightening Experience" Immediately After Hearing a Strange