Read the following scenario and complete the statement that follows. On her first visit to the Grand Canyon, Jacqueline refused to go near the edge. Jacqueline’s mother has always displayed extreme anxiety around heights. Jacqueline may have developed height anxiety due to __________.

Jacqueline may have learned to fear heights by watching her mother react anxiously around them. Learning a behavior or emotional response by observing another person is called observational learning. Classical conditioning would require a direct association between heights and an unpleasant experience, which the scenario does not describe.

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