Alec wants to train his dog Magnus to sit on command. To achieve this goal, Alec starts by giving Magnus a strip of bacon and saying "sit" every time Magnus sits. A day later, Alec gives Magnus a strip of bacon and a pat on the head and says "sit" every time Magnus sits. Magnus seems to learn to sit on command. However, after a few days of training, Alec notices that Magnus now salivates and wags his tail whenever he hears the word "sit."
-For a week after his training,Magnus would sit down and start salivating whenever he saw Alec.This is because Alec was a ______________.

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Magnus learned to associate the sound of the word "sit" with the arrival of a positive stimulus (the strip of bacon and pat on the head) through classical conditioning, making "sit" a conditioned stimulus. As a result, Magnus salivated and wagged his tail at the sound of the word "sit," even without the presence of the positive stimulus. This is known as a conditioned response. Therefore, the best choice is B, conditioned stimulus.

Alec Wants to Train His Dog Magnus to Sit on Command