Imagine that you try to condition someone so that a particular sound elicits a literal "knee-jerk response." Which of the following is accurate?
A) The initial strike to the knee is the CS.
B) The initial knee-jerk response is the CR.
C) The sound is the CS.
D) The anticipation of being struck in the knee is the CSR.

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In this scenario, the sound is being used to condition the knee-jerk response, so the sound is the conditioned stimulus (CS). The knee-jerk response itself is an automatic reflex and is not subject to conditioning, so it cannot be the conditioned response (CR). Similarly, the initial strike to the knee is not a conditioned stimulus, as it is not being paired with any particular stimulus. The anticipation of being struck in the knee is not a separate element involved in classical conditioning.

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