Shannon is used to eating dinner every night about 7:00 pm, but now that she is away at college she eats earlier because the dining hall is open from 4-6pm every night for dinner. Shannon eats dinner without feeling hungry for several weeks. Then one day while walking to the dining hall, Shannon starts feeling very hungry. Those first several weeks of eating early are considered the phase of her conditioned response.

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Acquisition is the phase in which a conditioned response is established. Shannon's body has learned to associate the time she walks to the dining hall with feeling hungry, even though she initially did not feel hungry at that time.

Shannon Is Used to Eating Dinner Every Night About 7:00