In Ader and Cohen's taste-aversion experiment with rats,after repeated pairings,the sweet-tasting water functioned as a(n)_____,and the drug it was paired with functioned as a(n)_____.

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In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus (in this case, the drug) elicits an unconditioned response (in this case, the rats' illness). After repeated pairings with the sweet-tasting water (conditioned stimulus), the sweet-tasting water becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits a conditioned response (the rats' illness) because it has been associated with the unconditioned stimulus (the drug). Therefore, the sweet-tasting water functions as a conditioned stimulus, and the drug functions as an unconditioned stimulus.

In Ader and Cohen's Taste-Aversion Experiment with Rats,after Repeated Pairings,the