If a tone is sounded each time a puff of air is delivered to the eye,the tone alone will eventually produce eye blinks.In this example,the ____ is the conditioned stimulus and the ____is the conditioned response.
A) puff of air; eye blink response to the puff of air
B) puff of air; eye blink response to the tone
C) tone; eye blink response to the puff of air
D) tone; eye blink response to the tone

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (CS) is the one that originally does not elicit a strong or natural response but comes to do so through association with an unconditioned stimulus (US). In this case, the tone, which initially does not cause eye blinking, becomes associated with the puff of air (the US that naturally causes blinking). Therefore, the tone becomes the conditioned stimulus, and the eye blink in response to the tone (not the air puff) becomes the conditioned response (CR).

If a Tone Is Sounded Each Time a Puff of Air