A 30-year-old new pregnant woman visit her doctor for regular pregnancy follow up. She has a history of feeling anxious and sweats when she is in the examination room with her primary care physician. The patient sweats and feels her heart start to race during physical examination whenever she sees the stethoscope. This patient's response to her physician's stethoscope is an example of which of the following phenomena?

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Eductional Objective: Classical conditioning involves a neutral stimulus being repeatedly paired with a non-neutral stimulus that elicits a reflexive, unconditioned response.  Over time, the formerly neutral stimulus is able to evoke a conditioned response by itself in absence of the non-neutral stimulus.

A 30-Year-Old New Pregnant Woman Visit Her Doctor for Regular