University of British Columbia professor Gerald Gorn applied the concept of classical condition to four separate groups of McGill students.The first group was shown slides of a blue pen as music they liked (from the Grease soundtrack)played in the background.The second group was shown slides of a beige pen as music from India (which most of them disliked.played in the background.The third group was shown the beige pen with the preferred Grease music.The fourth group saw the blue pen and heard the Indian music.Later each group was asked to choose between a blue pen and beige pen.In this study,THE PEN was the:
A)unconditioned stimulus (UCS).
B)unconditioned response (UCR).
C)condition stimulus (CS).
D)condition response (CR).

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The pen acted as the conditioned stimulus (CS) as it was paired with different music in each group. The participants' choice of either the blue or beige pen was the conditioned response (CR) that was elicited by the CS. The music and participants' preference for it or dislike of it acted as the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) and the unconditioned response (UCR), respectively.

University of British Columbia Professor Gerald Gorn Applied the Concept