Shannon is absorbed in the latest novel and is surprised when she looks at the clock and sees that it is dinnertime.Normally,Shannon starts feeling hungry about 5:30 pm every night but now it is 6:00 pm and her stomach just started to rumble.On her way to the dining hall,Shannon starts feeling very hungry.In Shannon's case,the unconditioned stimulus is:

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The unconditioned stimulus is the natural trigger that causes the unconditioned response, which in this case is hunger. The food at the dining hall is the most likely unconditioned stimulus that is triggering Shannon's hunger response, as it is the natural source of nourishment that her body has learned to associate with mealtime. The other options (the walk to the dining hall, the time on her clock, and the novel she was reading) are all conditioned stimuli that may have become associated with mealtime through past experiences, but they are not the natural trigger for hunger like food is.

Shannon Is Absorbed in the Latest Novel and Is Surprised