Jenna walks into her science class laboratory, and she immediately feels queasy. Today is the day her class is dissecting frogs and she is sickened by the smell of the formaldehyde. However, after an hour Jenna is no longer sickened because of

a. classical conditioning.
b. habituation.
c. operant conditioning.
d. her reflexes.
e. spontaneous recovery.


b. habituation.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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