Paul's mother buys him a sailor's cap before they go on a family fishing trip.On the boat,Paul gets nauseated and throws up.The next day he gets nauseated when he sees his sailor's cap.The cap has become a(n):
A) conditioned stimulus
B) conditioned response
C) unconditioned stimulus
D) unconditioned response

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The sailor's cap has become a conditioned stimulus because it is now associated with the unpleasant experience of getting nauseated and throwing up on the boat. The sight of the cap now elicits a negative response (nausea) even though it was not originally associated with that response.

Paul's Mother Buys Him a Sailor's Cap Before They Go