One Saturday,Adhar was sitting at home when the telephone rang.A local company was making promotional calls and told Adhar he had just won a $500 gift certificate.He felt a rush of excitement at the thought of what he could do with $500.Now Adhar finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring,he feels a little surge of excitement.What is the conditioned response in this example

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The conditioned response in this example is the surge of excitement Adhar feels whenever the telephone rings. This response has been conditioned by the previous experience of winning a gift certificate after receiving a promotional call. The ringing of the telephone (option A) is the neutral stimulus that has been paired with the news of winning the gift certificate, but it is not the conditioned response itself. Similarly, the news of winning the gift certificate (option B) and the rush of excitement Adhar felt when he won the certificate (option D) are not the conditioned response in this example.

One Saturday,Adhar Was Sitting at Home When the Telephone Rang