Beatrice would like to stop her habit of biting her fingernails. In order to do this, she covers the ends of her fingertips, including her nails, with a bitter tasting antibacterial spray. When Beatrice puts her fingernail in her mouth she is met with a noxious taste and removes her nail immediately from her mouth. In this case, the bitter taste might be considered the

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The bitter taste is an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) because it naturally elicits a response (the desire to remove her nail from her mouth) without the need for learning.

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