When he was 5 years old, Samir was almost struck by lightning while walking through a forest during a rainstorm. Today, he is extremely afraid of trees. A behaviorist would say that he has acquired this fear by:

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The fear that Samir has developed of trees is most likely due to classical conditioning, where the unconditioned stimulus (lightning) has become associated with the conditioned stimulus (trees) and elicited a fear response (conditioned response).

When He Was 5 Years Old, Samir Was Almost Struck