A college student is allergic to pollen. Whenever they are near a flower, they develop an extreme allergic reaction. Interestingly, whenever the student is near a silk or fake flower, they also have an extreme allergic reaction despite the absence of pollen. In this example, the fake flower is the ___________ and the allergic reaction it causes is the ___________ response.
A)conditioned stimulus; conditioned
B)conditioned stimulus; unconditioned
C)unconditioned stimulus; conditioned
D)stimulus generalization; conditioned

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The fake flower is the conditioned stimulus because it is associated with the real flower (unconditioned stimulus), and the allergic reaction it causes is the conditioned response due to this association.

A College Student Is Allergic to Pollen