Shamir reflexively kicks his leg when the doctor taps him on the knee.Then,the doctor begins saying the word "Help" and then tapping Shamir on the knee.After forty-five trials of first saying "Help," followed immediately by tapping the knee,on the forty-sixth trial,Shamir kicks his leg after hearing the word "Help." In this example,the word "Help" is the ____,and Shamir kicking his leg in response to the word "Help" is the ____.

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The word "Help" becomes a conditioned stimulus because Shamir learned to associate it with the knee tap, and his kicking in response to "Help" alone is a conditioned response, as it is a learned reaction to the conditioned stimulus.

Shamir Reflexively Kicks His Leg When the Doctor Taps Him