单选题 If a child is bitten or startled several times by a dog, he may learn to associate furry (有毛皮的) animals with pain or startle and thus develop a fear of furry animals. This is a typical example of learning through ______.

A、 classical conditioning
B、 operant conditioning
C、 both A and B
D、 neither A nor B

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[注释] 如果一个小孩被狗咬了或吓了多次，那么狗既是刺激物，又总是伴随着负面的影响而出现。所以就孩子而言，a dog is“associated with”or“paired with”pain，属于典型的classical conditioning的认知过程。