"Every morning a train goes by my house at 6:30 when I am just sitting down to breakfast. Lately, however, the train has been coming by at 4:30 and I am having a terrible time getting back to sleep because I'm so hungry." In this example of classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is ________ and the conditioned response is ________.
A) eating breakfast; hunger
B) the sound of the train; going back to sleep
C) the sound of the train; hunger
D) hunger; eating breakfast

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The conditioned stimulus is the sound of the train, which has become associated with the previous presentation of food (breakfast) at the same time each morning. The conditioned response is hunger, which is now elicited by the sound of the train regardless of whether or not food is present.

"Every Morning a Train Goes by My House at 6:30