Male Japanese quail became sexually aroused by a red light that was repeatedly associated with the presentation of a female quail. The sexual arousal triggered by the red light was a

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DThe sexual arousal triggered by the red light is a Conditioned Response (CR) because it is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus (the red light) that has become associated with a Unconditioned Stimulus (US), which in this case is the presentation of a female quail. The red light itself becomes a Conditioned Stimulus (CS) because it has been associated with the presentation of the female quail and now elicits the sexual arousal response on its own.

Male Japanese Quail Became Sexually Aroused by a Red Light