The smell of an odor that repeatedly precedes the experience of a painful medical procedure first begins to trigger a conditioned anxiety response during the process of

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The process of acquisition is when the conditioned stimulus (smell of the odor) begins to be associated with the unconditioned stimulus (painful medical procedure) leading to the development of a conditioned response (anxiety).

The Smell of an Odor That Repeatedly Precedes the Experience