A smart political candidate becomes friends with a very popular professional baseball player because she hopes that this will improve her popularity with the voters. With regard to classical conditioning principles, the professional baseball player would best be viewed as a(n) ____________.
A)neutral stimulus
B)already established CS
C)CR
D)UCR

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The professional baseball player is best viewed as an already established conditioned stimulus (CS) because he already has a positive association in the minds of the voters, which the political candidate hopes to leverage to create a positive association with herself.

A Smart Political Candidate Becomes Friends with a Very Popular