Question

Sheri's coworker, Stephanie, is very afraid of spiders and screams every time she sees one in the warehouse. After a few weeks of working closely with Stephanie in the warehouse, Sheri is afraid of spiders, too. This is an example of:________.

Answer 1

vicarious conditioning

Step-by-step explanation:

Vicarious conditioning: In psychology, the term "vicarious conditioning" is described as a form of learning in which an organism including animals and human beings tends to observe the reaction or behavior of another person or animal related to an environmental stimulus that is considered as salient to both the model as well as the observer and at last t produces "emotional arousal".

In the question above, the given statement is an example of vicarious conditioning.