Gavin recently went deep-sea fishing with some friends. Unfortunately, he was extremely seasick the entire time he was on the boat, and now when he sees boats he feels queasy. In this situation, the conditioned response is the
A)sea.
B)boat.
C)friend who invited Gavin.
D)nausea.
E)fishing.

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The conditioned response is the learned reaction (nausea) to a previously neutral stimulus (the boat) after conditioning. In this scenario, Gavin's seasickness has become associated with the sight of boats, making the nausea (conditioned response) occur in response to seeing boats.

Gavin Recently Went Deep-Sea Fishing with Some Friends