Tristan noticed that whenever he moved his dog's food dish, his dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry and excited. He reasoned that because he feeds the dog using that dish, the sound of the dish had become a(n) __________.

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The sound of the dish has become a conditioned stimulus (CS) because it now elicits a response (the dog coming into the kitchen and acting hungry and excited) that was not originally associated with that stimulus before conditioning took place. The unconditioned stimulus (UCS) would be the food itself, which naturally elicits a response of hunger in the dog (the unconditioned response or UCR). The conditioned response (CR) is the response to the conditioned stimulus (CS), which in this case is the dog's hungry and excited behavior upon hearing the sound of the food dish being moved.

Tristan Noticed That Whenever He Moved His Dog's Food Dish