When he was a kid, Samuel was once mugged in a dark alley near his house. Even as an adult, whenever he walks in a dark alley, his palms start to sweat and his heart races. He feels nervous and scared. Samuel's behavior is an example of ________.

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Samuel's behavior is an example of learning by association, also known as classical conditioning. This occurs when an individual learns to associate a previously neutral stimulus (in this case, dark alleys) with a significant event (being mugged), leading to a conditioned response (fear and physiological reactions) whenever the stimulus is encountered again.

When He Was a Kid, Samuel Was Once Mugged in a Dark