During a thunderstorm, Beth picked up the telephone to call her parents. While dialing she received a painful shock. Now she reacts with fear whenever she sees a telephone. What is the telephone in this example?

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The telephone is the conditioned stimulus because it originally had no association with fear, but after being paired with the painful shock during the thunderstorm, it now elicits a fear response.

During a Thunderstorm, Beth Picked Up the Telephone to Call