Question

"When he was 5 years old, Samir was almost struck by lightning while walking through a forest during a rainstorm. Today, he is extremely afraid of trees. A behaviorist would say that he has acquired this fear by:"

Answer 1

Classical Conditioning

Step-by-step explanation:

Classical conditioning: In psychology, the term classical conditioning was first introduced by one of the most influential psychologists and behaviorists named Ivan Pavlov. He discovered classical conditioning while working with the dogs in a laboratory and analyzed their behavior.

Classical conditioning is one of the different forms of learning techniques through which different organisms learn including human beings and animals. In classical conditioning procedure, a specific CS or conditioned stimulus gets connected with one of the unrelated US or unconditioned stimulus to trigger a specific response referred to as CR or conditioned response.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the "classical conditioning".