A child is bitten by a dog while delivering a newspaper to a house.The next day when he sees the house he feels anxious,even though the dog is nowhere in sight.What is the CS?
A)The barking dog.
B)The pain the child feels when bitten by the dog.
C)The pain the child feels when remembering being bitten by the dog.
D)The sight of the house.

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The sight of the house has become the conditioned stimulus (CS) that triggers the anxiety response in the child. The dog biting and the pain are unconditioned stimuli (UCS) that have conditioned the child to associate the sight of the house with anxiety through classical conditioning.

A Child Is Bitten by a Dog While Delivering a Newspaper