Question

Rats that received unpredictable electric shocks in a laboratory experiment subsequently became apprehensive when returned to that same laboratory setting. This best illustrates that anxiety may result from:________

A. repression.
B. cognition.
C. conditioning.
D. reinforcement.

Answer 1

Answer is C. conditioning.

Step-by-step explanation:

Conditioning in anxiety disorder means someone or something became apprehensive when entering a setting known to be a threat, because of what has been learnt before or experienced had.

The rat became apprehensive because it recognized the laboratory settings or environment as a threat , based on what it has passed through or experienced before.