Stanley was diagnosed with lymphoma and had to undergo several months of chemotherapy. During this time he would become very nauseated as a side effect, and unintentionally came to associate that nausea with his favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Now, years later, even thinking about a grilled cheese sandwich makes him sick. In this example, Stanley's nauseous reaction to a grilled cheese sandwich is the ________.

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Stanley's nauseous reaction to the grilled cheese sandwich is a conditioned response because it is a learned reaction to a previously neutral stimulus (the grilled cheese sandwich) that became associated with the chemotherapy (the unconditioned stimulus).

Stanley Was Diagnosed with Lymphoma and Had to Undergo Several