In order to cure himself of smoking, a man regularly places his package of cigarettes next to a particularly disturbing picture of two lungs that are black from a lifetime of smoking. After a week of this, the man can't pick up his cigarettes without thinking of this intense image, and as a result he smokes less. In this example, since the picture naturally inspires negative feelings for the man, the picture would be considered a(n)
A)unconditioned stimulus
B)conditioned stimulus
C)unconditioned response
D)conditioned response

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The picture of the blackened lungs is an unconditioned stimulus because it naturally (without prior conditioning) evokes a negative emotional response, which in turn affects the man's smoking behavior.

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