Reginald's camera always makes a clicking noise just before the flash goes off. After taking many pictures of his little brother Devin, he presses the button, the camera clicks, but the flash does not go off. Despite this, Devin blinks just as he did when the flash was working. This is an example of __________ conditioning, and the flash is the __________.

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This is an example of classical conditioning where the clicking noise has become a conditioned stimulus, and the flash was originally the unconditioned stimulus that caused the unconditioned response (blinking).

Reginald's Camera Always Makes a Clicking Noise Just Before the Flash