One Saturday, Clayton was sitting at home when the telephone rang. A local company was making promotional calls and told Clayton he had just won a R500 gift certificate. He felt a rush of excitement at the thought of what he could do with R500. Now Clayton finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring, he feels a little surge of excitement. In this example, the conditioned response is

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The conditioned response is the learned response that is elicited by the conditioned stimulus, in this case, the surge of excitement that Clayton feels whenever he hears a telephone ring. This response was learned through classical conditioning, as the ringing of the telephone was consistently paired with the positive experience of winning a gift certificate. The other options do not reflect the learned response to the conditioned stimulus.

One Saturday, Clayton Was Sitting at Home When the Telephone