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1. Type of learning: Is the example portraying classical or operant conditioning?

2. If the example is classical conditioning, identify the unconditioned and conditioned stimuli, and the unconditioned and conditioned responses.

3. If the example is operant conditioning, identify whether it is positive punishment, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, or negative reinforcement.

A. Until she was eight, Barbara liked cats. When she was eight, she was bitten through the hand by a cat as she tried to get it out from under a bed. This was an upsetting experience. Since that time, Barbara experiences anxiety when she is near a cat.

B. Alison, age four, needs to learn to speak up louder in class. Her parents and teacher agree that whenever Alison speaks up loudly in class, she will get a star on her chart. Whenever she accumulates 25 stars, she will get ice cream. Alison starts speaking up in class more frequently.

C. Tom is hammering nails into planks to build a fence. He experiments with holding the nail a different way and immediately hits his thumb with the hammer. OUCH! He continues his work, but never holds the nail that way again.

D. It is summer time. Sarah and Jeremy are in love. They enjoy being together and are thoroughly relaxed and content in each other's presence. They hear the hit song of the week a lot when they are together. At the end of the summer, they break up. Every time Sarah hears the song again, she experiences the same feelings of relaxation that she felt when she was with Jeremy.

E. The smoke detector in Jesse's house is low on batteries. It emits an annoying chirp every few seconds. Jesse installs a new battery so it will stop making that noise.