Gino is allergic to peanuts, and he gets very nauseated when he eats them. While out at a candy store one day, Gino has a sample of fudge that is offered before realizing that it has peanuts in it. As a result, he gets very sick. The next time Gino is in a candy store, he gets terribly nauseated just at the sight of the fudge counter. In this example, the conditioned response is

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The conditioned response is the learned response to a previously neutral stimulus. In this case, the fudge counter is the previously neutral stimulus, and the nausea is the learned response.

Gino Is Allergic to Peanuts, and He Gets Very Nauseated