A balloon popped and made Bobby cry. It happened again when he was at a friend's birthday party. Now when Bobby sees a balloon, he starts to cry. Bobby cries in response to the balloon because of _____.
A) operant conditioning
B) observational learning
C) classical conditioning
D) modeling

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Bobby's crying in response to the balloon is due to classical conditioning. The popping of the balloon is an unconditioned stimulus that leads to an unconditioned response (crying). After repeated pairings of the sight of the balloon (conditioned stimulus) with the popping sound, the sight of the balloon alone now elicits the same response (conditioned response) of crying.

A Balloon Popped and Made Bobby Cry