The conditioned stimulus is defined as
A)the stimulus that automatically produces the unconditioned response.
B)the previously neutral stimulus that automatically produces the unconditioned response.
C)the previously neutral stimulus that has acquired the capacity to produce the conditioned response.
D)the previously neutral stimulus that automatically produces the conditioned response.

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The conditioned stimulus (CS) is the previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with the unconditioned stimulus (US) and now elicits the conditioned response (CR). It is the stimulus that has acquired the capacity to produce the CR through the process of classical conditioning.

The Conditioned Stimulus Is Defined as