Kareem laughs whenever his neck is touched. Now before touching his neck, his mommy says "gotcha.". Pretty soon, as soon as she says "gotcha," Kareem starts to laugh. This is an example of

a. habituation learning.
b. classical conditioning.
c. sensitization learning.
d. operant conditioning.


b

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