Before learning painfully that the sound of a buzzing bee signaled she was about to be stung,Sara felt no fear in response to the buzzing sound.At that time the sound of the buzzing bee was most clearly a(n)
A) conditioned stimulus.
B) neutral stimulus.
C) conditioned response.
D) unconditioned stimulus.

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Before Sara was stung, she did not have any previous association or response to the sound of buzzing. Therefore, the sound of the buzzing bee was a neutral stimulus.

Before Learning Painfully That the Sound of a Buzzing Bee