Imagine that your girlfriend loves zydeco music.Eventually,your girlfriend dumps you,walking out of your apartment in the middle of a song.Your stomach tightens,and you are sad and angry.A few weeks later,you happen to hear zydeco music in a friend's car.Assuming classical conditioning occurred,what should happen when you hear the zydeco?
A)Your stomach clenches.
B)You call your ex-girlfriend on your cell phone and beg her to take you back.
C)You begin discussing your relationship problems with your friend.
D)You immediately think of all the good times that you had with your ex-girlfriend.

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The conditioned response in this scenario would be for the individual's stomach to tighten or clench when hearing zydeco music, as it was previously associated with the negative experience of their girlfriend leaving them. The other choices, such as calling the ex-girlfriend or discussing relationship problems with a friend, are not necessarily related to the conditioned response and could be influenced by other factors. The choice of immediately thinking of the good times with the ex-girlfriend could also be a possibility, but it is not as clear-cut of a conditioned response as the physical reaction of the stomach tightening.

Imagine That Your Girlfriend Loves Zydeco Music