Question

A balloon popped and made Brandon cry. It happened again when he was at a friend's birthday party. Now when Brandon sees a balloon, he starts to cry. According to the behaviorist perspective, Brandon cries in response to the balloon because of:

Answer 1

Answer: Classical conditioning

Explanation:

Classical conditioning  is defined as the learning mechanism in which pairing of two stimulus is done.A strong stimulus is combined with previously objective stimulus to make a relationship between them.

According to the question , crying of Brandon while seeing popping or bursting  of balloon is the learned mechanism through classical conditioning .