Maggie's partner always feels hungry at 7:00 PM.Maggie decides to play a particular song for her partner at 7:00 PM for several nights in a row.One night,Maggie plays the song at 5:30 PM and her partner says,"Huh ...I suddenly feel hungry." In this situation,classical conditioning occurred because _______.

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This is an example of classical conditioning. The neutral stimulus, the song, was paired with the unconditioned stimulus, the time of day when her partner always feels hungry. After repeated pairings, the song became a conditioned stimulus that elicited the conditioned response of feeling hungry. The fact that her partner felt hungry at 5:30 PM, a time when he usually didn't feel hungry, shows that the conditioning had occurred. Choices A and D are incorrect because they do not involve the necessary pairing of a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus. Choice B is incorrect because there is no natural connection between the song and hunger.

Maggie's Partner Always Feels Hungry at 7:00 PM