A puff of air will make your eye blink every time it hits your eye. If we sound a horn before each puff of air hits your eye several times, you will soon blink to the horn alone. Thus, blinking to the horn illustrates

a. an automatic, non-learned response.
b. learning by consequences.
c. classical conditioning.
d. operant conditioning.


C

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