One Saturday,Clayton was sitting at home when the telephone rang.A local company was making promotional calls and told Clayton 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 Clayton finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring,he feels a little surge of excitement.In this example,the conditioned response is
A) the surge of excitement that Clayton feels whenever he hears a telephone ring.
B) the ringing of a telephone.
C) the news that he had just won a $500 gift certificate.
D) the rush of excitement he felt when he won the certificate.

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The conditioned response is the response that is learned or conditioned through association with a stimulus. In this case, the surge of excitement that Clayton feels whenever he hears a telephone ring is the learned response that has been conditioned by the earlier experience of winning a $500 gift certificate upon hearing the telephone ring. Therefore, option A is the correct choice for the conditioned response.

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