Every time Zubin cuts his knees, his mother sprays hydrogen peroxide on it to clean it. Which process accounts for the fact that Zubin does not like the smell of hydrogen peroxide because it reminds him of the pain?

a. classical conditioning.
b. operant conditioning.
c. observational learning.
d. shaping.


A. Classical conditioning is the pairing of a neutral stimulus (hydrogen peroxide) with an unconditioned stimulus (pain) and the formation of a learned relationship between the two.

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