Question

Gavin recently went deep-sea fishing with some friends. Unfortunately, Gavin was extremely seasick the entire time he was on the boat, and now when he sees boats, he feels queasy. This is an example of:

A) Classical conditioning

B) Operant conditioning

C) Observational learning

D) Habituation

Answer 1

Gavin's experience of feeling queasy at the sight of boats, after being seasick while deep-sea fishing, is an example of Classical conditioning, where the boat has become a conditioned stimulus associated with nausea.

Step-by-step explanation:

The situation described with Gavin who recently went deep-sea fishing and now feels queasy at the sight of boats is an example of Classical conditioning. In classical conditioning, an individual develops a conditioned response to a previously neutral stimulus after the stimulus has been associated with an unconditioned stimulus that naturally prompts a reflexive response. In Gavin's case, the boat (neutral stimulus) became associated with seasickness (unconditioned stimulus), so now the sight of the boat alone (conditioned stimulus) triggers a sense of nausea (conditioned response).