In aversive conditioning experiments to treat alcohol addiction,every time a person drinks an alcoholic beverage,he or she also consumes a mixture that induces nausea.In classical conditioning terminology,the nausea-inducing agent is the
A)conditioned stimulus.
B)unconditioned stimulus.
C)neutral stimulus.
D)reinforced stimulus.

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The nausea-inducing agent is the unconditioned stimulus because it naturally and instinctively produces nausea without any prior learning or conditioning. Therefore, the pairing of the alcoholic beverage with the unconditioned stimulus results in the alcoholic beverage becoming a conditioned stimulus that eventually elicits a conditioned response of nausea.

In Aversive Conditioning Experiments to Treat Alcohol Addiction,every Time a Person