When Wanetta was very small,a large dog bit her and she was required to receive rabies shots.Today,whenever her daughter asks for a puppy,she says,"No! Dogs are bad and you never know when they will turn on you." Wanetta's attitude about dogs results from:

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Wanetta's negative attitude towards dogs is a learned response resulting from the traumatic experience of being bitten and having to receive rabies shots. This is an example of classical conditioning, where a neutral stimulus (dogs) becomes associated with a negative response (pain from the dog bite and discomfort from the rabies shots). As a result, she has developed a fear and negative association towards dogs, causing her to discourage her daughter from wanting a puppy.

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