Because you associate your server at a restaurant with food, you may start to salivate when you see your server carrying your food over to you. The server is thus a(n)
A)unconditioned stimulus
B) conditioned stimulus
C) unconditioned response
D) conditioned response

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The server becomes a conditioned stimulus because your response (salivation) is learned or conditioned to associate the server with the arrival of food, similar to Pavlov's experiments where a neutral stimulus (like a bell, or in this case, the server) becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus (food) to elicit a conditioned response (salivation).

Because You Associate Your Server at a Restaurant with Food