In an experiment on classical conditioning, a tone is followed by a puff of air to the eyes. After several repetitions, subjects blink their eyes when they hear the tone. In this experiment, the tone is the __________ and the puff of air is the __________.

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The tone is the conditioned stimulus (a previously neutral stimulus that becomes associated with the unconditioned stimulus) and the puff of air is the unconditioned stimulus (a stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response without prior learning). The blink of the eyes in response to the tone is the conditioned response (a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus).

In an Experiment on Classical Conditioning, a Tone Is Followed