Participants exposed to paired experiences of snakes and mild electric shock, then exhibited that they were experiencing palm sweat even when they only saw the pictures of the snakes. The snake photo was the __________.
A) CS
B) US
C) CR
D) UR

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In classical conditioning, the CS (conditioned stimulus) is a neutral stimulus that is paired with the US (unconditioned stimulus) to elicit a CR (conditioned response). In this scenario, the paired experiences of snakes and mild electric shock made snakes the CS, and the mild electric shock was the US. As a result of this pairing, the participants' physiological response of palm sweat, which was originally a UR (unconditioned response) to the US of the mild electric shock, became a CR (conditioned response) to the CS of the snake picture.

Participants Exposed to Paired Experiences of Snakes and Mild Electric