In an experiment studying classical conditioning,a tone sounds and 0.5 seconds later a puff of air is delivered to a participant's eye.The participant blinks.This process is repeated once per minute.After a number of trials,the participant blinks as soon as the tone sounds and before the puff of air is actually delivered.Within the context of this example,what is the CS?
A)the puff of air
B)the tone
C)the time interval
D)the blinking

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The CS (conditioned stimulus) is the tone, which initially had no effect on the participant's behavior but eventually became associated with the puff of air, leading to the participant's learned response of blinking in anticipation of the air puff. The puff of air is the UCS (unconditioned stimulus) and the blink is the UCR (unconditioned response) before conditioning takes place.

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