The textbook states that many people with PTSD attempt to avoid the environmental cues associated with the trauma. In the language of classical conditioning, a traumatic reaction to these cues is called a(n):

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A traumatic reaction to environmental cues associated with a trauma is an example of a conditioned response, because the traumatic event has become associated with these cues through classical conditioning. A conditioned response is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus (in this case, the environmental cues) that has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus (the traumatic event). B) Conditioned stimuli refers to the neutral stimuli that become associated with a particular response through classical conditioning. C) Unconditioned response is an automatic response to an unconditioned stimulus. D) Unconditioned stimuli are stimuli that naturally evoke an unlearned response.

The Textbook States That Many People with PTSD Attempt to Avoid