Across the street from Bridget's office is a church that rings its steeple bells at noon each day.The bells help Bridget remember to look up from her work and take a lunch break.After years of working next to the church,even when she is away from the office or buried deep in thought,church bells make her feel hungry.What Bridget is experiencing is ______.
A) classical conditioning
B) operant conditioning
C) social learning
D) positive reinforcement

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Bridget has been conditioned through the association of hearing the church bells at noon (neutral stimulus) with her lunch time (unconditioned stimulus). This association has caused her to develop a conditioned response of feeling hungry when she hears the church bells, even when she is not at work or consciously thinking about lunch.

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