Victoria has a huge phobia of spiders. Victoria is currently dating Joshua who owns a pet tarantula. Victoria refuses to even be in the same room as Joshua's tarantula. Joshua is trying to help Victoria overcome her fear of his tarantula.
-Victoria gets annoyed because Joshua keeps talking to her about her fear of spiders and confronts him about his fear of clowns.According to the principles of classical conditioning which situation might most likely have caused Joshua's fear of clowns

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Joshua's fear of clowns is most likely due to classical conditioning, where an association is formed between two stimuli. In choice B, the sickness (an unconditioned response to the food) becomes associated with the clown present at his 5th birthday (a neutral stimulus), potentially leading to a conditioned response of fear towards clowns. This is a classic example of how classical conditioning can lead to phobias.

Victoria Has a Huge Phobia of Spiders