Carrie fed her cat canned tuna fish that was opened with an electric can opener. Even when she was merely opening a can of corn, her cat responded physically as if it were about to be fed. In this example, the conditioned stimulus is the

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The sound of the electric can opener is the conditioned stimulus because it has become associated with the presentation of the unconditioned stimulus (the tuna fish) and now elicits a conditioned response (the cat's physical response). The other options (B) eating behaviours, (C) corn, and (D) tuna fish are not the conditioned stimulus in this example.

Carrie Fed Her Cat Canned Tuna Fish That Was Opened