Real Life Scenario for Classical Conditioning

Example:

An elderly woman has a fluffy down pillow with some of the down sticking out of the fabric at her local retirement center, Apple Springs. When she first goes to bed and tries out the pillow, a piece of down tickles her nose, which makes her sneeze. This happens every time she goes to bed. Soon she sneezes every time she lays down on any kind of pillow at Apple Springs.

Explanation:

The unconditioned stimulus is that the down tickles the nose of the elderly woman. The unconditioned stimulus is that the elderly woman sneezes. When the down tickles the nose is combined with the type of pillow, the conditioned stimulus, the conditioned response becomes that the woman sneezes.