Question

Marissa experiences quite a bit of anxiety throughout the day, thinking about all things she needs to do for school and work. She has developed a habit of gently biting the skin on her fingers whenever she begins to worry about something that needs to be done. Whenever she engages in this biting behavior, she temporarily stops worrying and focuses on the mildly painful yet somewhat soothing sensations.

a. This is an example of classical conditioning.

b. The UCS is Marissa's anxiety.

c. The consequence of the worrying stopping is a negative reinforcer.

d. The consequence or response is Marissa biting her fingers.

e. The behavior or operant response is Marissa's anxiety.

Answer 1

Option A is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a situation where c conditioned stimulus which is the biting of finger by Marisa becomes associated with an unrelated unconditioned stimuli that is "anxiety of thinking about all she needs to read in school " in order to produce a behavioral response which is the soothing sensation.