Your roommate received a strong electric shock once when there was a short in her curling iron.She now does not like curling irons and makes you put yours in the cabinet so she cannot see it on the bathroom counter.This is an example of _____________.

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This is an example of aversive conditioning, where a person associates a negative experience with a particular object or situation and tries to avoid it in the future. The electric shock serves as a punishment, leading to the person avoiding the curling iron as a way to prevent the unpleasant experience from happening again.

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