Which of the following criteria must be met to assure that acquisition of a conditioned response takes place?
A) The neutral stimulus must always come before the conditioned response.
B) The conditioned stimulus must immediately follow the unconditioned stimulus.
C) The unconditioned stimulus must immediately follow the conditioned stimulus.
D) The response to the neutral stimulus must be relatively strong at the outset.

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For acquisition of a conditioned response to occur, the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) must immediately follow the conditioned stimulus (CS), not the other way around. This temporal order is crucial for the association between the CS and the UCS to be learned, leading to the conditioned response.

Which of the Following Criteria Must Be Met to Assure