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

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In taste-aversion experiments, the sweet-tasting water is paired with a drug that causes nausea or sickness, which functions as an unconditioned stimulus (US). Through repeated pairings, the sweet-tasting water becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicits a conditioned response (CR) of avoidance or disgust. Therefore, the sweet-tasting water functions as a CS and the drug functions as a US. Choice A correctly identifies this relationship between the stimuli.

In Ader and Cohen's Taste-Aversion Experiment with Rats, the Sweet-Tasting