An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he hears a certain piece of music. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece of music. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation, the conditioned response is ________.
A) listening to the music
B) an increased heartbeat
C) the piece of music
D) the sound of the buzzer

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The conditioned response is the learned reaction to the conditioned stimulus, which in this case is the increased heartbeat in response to the sound of the buzzer alone.

An Experimenter Finds That a Certain Male Subject Always Has