Matthew once had a teacher who punished him severely whenever he did poorly on a mathematics test.Now he refuses to open a math book, saying that he is "too scared" to do so.He has learned to associate mathematics with the pain of punishment.Here, the painful punishment is:
A)An unconditioned stimulus
B)An unconditioned response
C)A conditioned stimulus
D)A conditioned response

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The painful punishment is an unconditioned stimulus because it naturally and automatically triggers a response without prior learning.

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