Little Joey always feels particularly safe whenever he sees a teacher monitoring what is happening on the playground. This is as an example of _____ conditioning.
A) temporal
B) excitatory
C) inhibitory
D) spontaneous

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This is an example of inhibitory conditioning because the presence of the teacher inhibits or reduces Joey's feelings of unsafety or anxiety, demonstrating a conditioned response where a stimulus (the teacher) decreases the likelihood of a negative emotional response.

Little Joey Always Feels Particularly Safe Whenever He Sees a Teacher