Making Connections in Psychological Disorders: Alexei experienced a panic while riding the bus to school and has come to associate riding the bus with panicking. Now when he knows he has to ride a bus he experiences extreme anxiety. What type of learning does Alexei's bus experience exemplify?

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Alexei's experience is an example of classical conditioning, where he has come to associate the neutral stimulus (riding the bus) with an unconditioned stimulus (the panic attack) leading to an unconditioned response (panic). Over time, the neutral stimulus alone (the bus) becomes a conditioned stimulus, causing a conditioned response (anxiety) whenever he anticipates riding the bus.

Making Connections in Psychological Disorders: Alexei Experienced a Panic While