A deer is eating grass in a field.Suddenly,it sees me approaching and freezes.This is an example of ______.
A)a conditioned emotional response
B)delayed conditioning
C)an escape task
D)an avoidance task

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A conditioned emotional response is a learned association between a neutral stimulus and a meaningful stimulus. In this case, the deer is the neutral stimulus and the approaching human is the meaningful stimulus. The deer's freezing behavior is the conditioned response.

A Deer Is Eating Grass in a Field