When Rani was having problems at school, she often talked things over with her grandfather. Her grandfather, who always smoked a pipe, was warm, reassuring, and always supportive. Years later, Rani still finds the smell of pipe tobacco soothing. In classical conditioning terms, Rani's fondness for the smell of pipe tobacco may be described as a(n):
A)conditioned response.
B)unconditioned response.
C)example of latent learning.
D)example of higher order conditioning.

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Rani's fondness for the smell of pipe tobacco is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus (the smell of tobacco) that has been paired with a positive experience (talking things over with her supportive grandfather). This fits the definition of a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

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