If a tone is reliably paired with a shock then the tone will itself come to elicit a fear response. What name is given to the tone after this process has occurred?
A) Unconditioned stimulus (CS-)
B) Conditioned response
C) Unconditioned response
D) Conditioned stimulus (CS+)

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After the tone has become associated with the shock, it becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS+) because it now elicits a conditioned response (fear) that was not present before the conditioning process.

If a Tone Is Reliably Paired with a Shock Then