Jayden is working with a laboratory rat in the school's psychology lab. He names the rat Nihanch. He begins to giving the rat a fast shock to its paws, and the rat jumps. Then every time he gives the rat a shock, he turns on a red light bulb in the side of the cage. Eventually, Nihanch jumps in response to the light even if the shock is not administered. In this example, the red light bulb was the _______ and the rat's jump when the light came on was the ________.

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The red light bulb is the conditioned stimulus because it was initially neutral but became associated with the shock. The rat's jump in response to the light alone is the conditioned response, as it occurs due to the learned association with the shock.

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