Sahid cringes every time he hears a dentist's drill, even when he is sitting in the waiting room of his dentist's office. In this example, cringing in the waiting room is

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Sahid's cringing at the sound of the dentist's drill is a learned response, not a natural or instinctual response, which makes it a conditioned response. The sound of the dentist's drill is a conditioned stimulus because it was paired with a negative experience (pain) in the past, which led to the development of Sahid's fear of the sound. Therefore, the correct answer is (C) a conditioned response.

Sahid Cringes Every Time He Hears a Dentist's Drill, Even