A high school student is terrified of needle injections. The student has to get a vaccine to start volunteering at the hospital. Every time this student arrives to the hospital, a visceral queasy reaction is felt in their stomach. This would be an example of?

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This is an example of classical conditioning, where the hospital (a previously neutral stimulus) becomes associated with the fear and anxiety of getting a needle injection (an unconditioned stimulus), leading to a conditioned response (feeling queasy) whenever the student arrives at the hospital.

A High School Student Is Terrified of Needle Injections