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Which of these is an example of classical conditioning influencing eating habits?

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I believe the correct answer is Sarah always feels hungry shortly after she leaves work—right in time for dinner.

The classical conditioning (also known as Pavlovian or respondent conditioning) is a learning procedure which creates a certain habit which includes biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) that is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell). In this case, due to her working hours, Sarah starts to feel hunger just after she finish her work (her bell), which was her previously neutral stimulus, now potent stimulus.

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