Andrea's mother always puts special napkins on the table when she serves fried chicken, Andrea's favourite food. Now Andrea begins to salivate as soon as she sees the special napkins on the table. The special napkins in this situation are the
A) unconditioned response.
B) conditioned response.
C) unconditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned stimulus.

Question

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The special napkins were originally a neutral stimulus, but through repeated association with the presentation of fried chicken (which is the unconditioned stimulus), they have become a conditioned stimulus that elicits a conditioned response (salivation) from Andrea.

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