Question

As a result of a painful bee sting, you now get very upset at just the sight of a bee. Assuming you saw the bee land on your hand, but could not brush it off before it stung you, the type of conditioning that occurred is:

a. simultaneous.
b. delayed.
c. backward.
d. trace.

Answer 1

The conditioning that occurred from a bee sting that leads to getting upset at the sight of a bee is known as trace conditioning, a type of classical conditioning.

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of conditioning that occurred as a result of a painful bee sting, where the sight of the bee now causes you to get very upset, is an example of classical conditioning. Specifically, it is trace conditioning, where the stimulus (seeing the bee) precedes the unpleasant experience (the sting) and the two events are separated by some time. The bee landing on your hand (conditioned stimulus) occurred before the sting (unconditioned stimulus), and now the sight of a bee alone is enough to trigger the upset reaction (conditioned response).