Each time Tamara's cat jumps on the kitchen counter,she sprays him with a water gun.Eventually,Tamara only has to grab the water gun and her cat will jump down from the counter.In this example,jumping off the counter is the
A)conditioned stimulus.
B)unconditioned response.
C)conditioned response.
D)unconditioned stimulus.

Question

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The water gun is the conditioned stimulus, and the cat jumping down from the counter is the conditioned response that has been learned through association with the water gun. The original response of the cat jumping on the counter was the unconditioned response to the sight/scent/feel of the counter (which served as the unconditioned stimulus), but this response has now been replaced by the conditioned response of jumping down when the cat sees or hears the water gun.

Each Time Tamara's Cat Jumps on the Kitchen Counter,she Sprays