You are conducting an informal study in which,for a month,you play a particular song for your best friend right before you serve dinner to her.Eventually,you play the song,and then wait to see how your friend responds.She begins to salivate and says she has hunger pains.In this scenario,what is the conditioned stimulus?
A) the song
B) the food
C) the time of day
D) salivation

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The song is the conditioned stimulus because it has become associated with the presentation of food and is now able to elicit a physiological response (salivation) and hunger in the friend. Through classical conditioning, the friend has learned to associate the song with the impending presentation of food. The food is the unconditioned stimulus, and salivation and hunger are unconditioned responses.

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