Question

When he was 9 years old, Mike tried shrimp for the first time but fell very ill shortly thereafter. Within a few hours he was vomiting and was sick for the rest of the night. Now, years later, Mike cannot bring himself to eat shrimp. This is an example of___________.

Answer 1

Answer: Classical conditioning

Explanation: Classical conditioning is a type of learning where a conditional stimulus is associated with an unrelated unconditioned stimulus, in fact these stimuli become related. The result of this association is a behavioural response, called a conditional response. Such a response is in fact a learned response to a stimulus that was neutral. It is a learning process where two stimuli are paired.