If you wanted to use classical conditioning to get your friends to blink their eyes in response to the word "apple" what would you do?

A. Pair the word "apple" with a puff of air to the eyes.
B. Reinforce eye blinking with a slice of an apple.
C. Reinforce eye blinking to the word "apple" with a dollar.
D. Use punishment by application whenever your friend did not blink when hearing the word "apple."


Answer: A

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