Question

Three-year-old Kirsten was playing with a balloon she was given by her father. While playing with the balloon it popped in her face, which frightened her and caused her to cry loudly. That weekend she was attending a birthday party, saw some balloons, began to cry, and ran out of the room. This is an example of:__________.1. classical conditioning.2. operant conditioning.3. observational learning.4. the law of effect.

Answer 1

This is an example of 1. classical conditioning.

Step-by-step explanation:

Classical Conditioning is the process by which an individual acquires new behaviors through the association between stimulus and responses.

In this case, Kirsten associated the balloon and the scary popping noise with fear. She has been conditioned to fear balloons because of this.