Aishah, a resident of lower Manhattan, suffers from PTSD after witnessing the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. A certain acrid burning smell can trigger intense feelings of jitteriness and distress for her. This is an example of:

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Pablo Fowler

7 June, 21:47

Aishah, a resident of lower Manhattan, suffers from PTSD after witnessing the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. A certain acrid burning smell can trigger intense feelings of jitteriness and distress for her. This is an example of:

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Macie Peck · Answer 1

The statment is an example of classical conditioning

Tyrone · Answer 2

classical conditioning

Explanation:

Classical conditioning: In psychology, the term classical conditioning is a form of learning in which a conditioned stimulus or CS gets connected or associated with an unconnected unconditioned stimulus or the US to give rise to a behavioral response named as conditioned response or CR. The CR over here is considered as the learned response which was a neutral stimulus earlier.

The classical conditioning works with involuntary responses.

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