Interested in the phenomenon of conditioning,you go home and do the following.You get a flashlight.You then say your name and flash the light into your eyes.You repeat this several times.Then you look in the mirror and say your name.You would expect that when hearing your name:
A)you see no change in the appearance of your eyes because your name is a sound and you don't hear with your eyes.
B)your pupils become wider to let in the light that your eyes expect from the flashlight.
C)your pupils contract as the pupillary response to shrink them with bright lights has become classically conditioned to the sound of your name.
D)you voluntarily force your pupils to contract because you have heard the name and it warns you of the light.

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Conditioning is a process in which a stimulus becomes associated with a particular response. In this case, the bright light from the flashlight is the unconditioned stimulus, which naturally causes the pupils to contract. Saying your name before flashing the light works as a conditioned stimulus, and over time, the response to the sound of your name becomes associated with the pupillary response. This is why the pupils may contract when hearing your name, even if there is no actual bright light present.

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