John Watson and his colleague Rosalie Rayner offered a live white rat to Little Albert and then made a loud noise behind his head by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the ________ in their study.
A) unconditioned stimulus
B) counterconditioning stimulus
C) conditioned stimulus
D) discriminative stimulus

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is the neutral stimulus that becomes associated with the unconditioned stimulus (in this case, the loud noise), leading to a conditioned response (fear) to the conditioned stimulus (in this case, the white rat).

John Watson and His Colleague Rosalie Rayner Offered a Live