John Watson offered a live, white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat became the ________ in his study.
A) discriminative stimulus
B) counterconditioning stimulus
C) conditioned stimulus
D) unconditioned stimulus

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The white rat became the conditioned stimulus in Watson's study because it became associated with the loud noise, eliciting a fear response from Little Albert even when the loud noise was not present.

John Watson Offered a Live, White Rat to Little Albert