Question

As an infant, stephanie received many penicillin injections from the doctor. when she later saw a photographer in a white coat that was similar to the doctor’s coat, she started to cry. this is an example of ________

Answer 1

The scenario above is an example of classical conditioning. It occurs when a stimulus is being paired up with another stimulus which is classified as a neutral where it could produce a conditioned stimulus. An example of this is when the infant is afraid of injections which he or she knows that it is from a doctor in a white coat. It could be seen that the neutral stimulus is the white coat because it allows to make a conditioned stimulus.