Nicole was having dinner at Appleby's with her boyfriend last year.When their food arrived, he and she began to argue.The argument was serious and continued the entire evening.Now Nicole finds that every time she is in Appleby's, she begins to feel tense and upset.In this example of classical conditioning, being in Appleby's is:

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In the example of classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus (being in Appleby's restaurant) became associated with the negative emotional response (feeling tense and upset) due to the previous experience (argument with boyfriend). As a result, being in Appleby's now functions as a conditioned stimulus, triggering the conditioned response of feeling tense and upset.

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