When Ken kisses Barbie,his heart races.For a month,Barbie snapped her fingers just before she kissed him.She stopped snapping her fingers,but now,whenever Ken hears someone snapping their fingers,his heart begins to race.This is an example of ____ conditioning,and finger snapping is the ____.

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This is an example of classical conditioning, as Ken's physiological response (his racing heart) is being triggered by a previously neutral stimulus (finger snapping) that was paired with the conditioned stimulus (Barbie's kisses). In this scenario, the finger snapping is the conditioned stimulus.

When Ken Kisses Barbie,his Heart Races