A person working at a computer terminal may get lower back tension as a result of poor posture.If the person becomes aware of that tension only when the manager enters the work area, then the person may develop lower back tension at the appearance of the manager.This scenario would be an example of:
A)operant conditioning
B)classical conditioning
C)paired reinforcement
D)behavior modification

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This scenario is an example of classical conditioning, where the appearance of the manager acts as the conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response of lower back tension, which initially resulted from poor posture at the computer terminal. The association between the two stimuli (appearance of the manager and lower back tension) is learned through repeated pairings, leading to a conditioned response being evoked by the conditioned stimulus alone.

A Person Working at a Computer Terminal May Get Lower