Andrea's mother always puts special napkins on the table when she serves fried chicken, Andrea's favourite food. Now Andrea begins to salivate as soon as she sees the special napkins on the table. Salivating to the sight of the napkins in this situation is the
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) conditioned response.
C) unconditioned response.
D) unconditioned stimulus.

Question

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Salivating to the sight of the napkins is a response that has been learned through association with the fried chicken, which is the unconditioned stimulus. Therefore, seeing the special napkins has become a conditioned stimulus that elicits a conditioned response of salivation.

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