Two-year-old Rhonda received an injection from a doctor who had a beard and wore glasses.Now she fears any man who has a beard and wears glasses.Rhonda's fear is a result of

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Rhonda's fear is a classic example of classical conditioning, where the conditioned stimulus (bearded man with glasses) leads to a conditioned response (fear). It is not operant conditioning because there is no behavior being reinforced or punished, not maturation because it does not involve biological maturation, and not habituation because it does not involve a decrease in response to a repeated stimulus.

Two-Year-Old Rhonda Received an Injection from a Doctor Who Had