An 11-year-old girl with an overactive immune system that attacks her own body receives a treatment in which cod liver oil is paired with an immune-suppressant drug. After these initial trials, she occasionally receives only cod liver oil (without the drug), yet her body still shows the desired impairment of functioning. According to the principles of classical conditioning, the cod liver oil would be considered the
A)conditioned stimulus
B)unconditioned stimulus
C)conditioned response
D)unconditioned response

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The cod liver oil, initially neutral, becomes associated with the immune-suppressant drug through the trials. When the girl's body responds to the cod liver oil alone, it indicates that the cod liver oil has become a conditioned stimulus, triggering a learned response similar to that originally produced by the drug.

An 11-Year-Old Girl with an Overactive Immune System That Attacks