Imagine that you try to condition someone so that a particular sound elicits a literal "knee jerk response." Which of the following is accurate?

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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (CS) is the previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US). In this scenario, the sound is initially a neutral stimulus but can become a CS if it is paired with the unconditioned stimulus of the strike to the knee. Over time, the sound should elicit the knee jerk response without the need for the strike to the knee, making the knee jerk response the conditioned response (CR). The anticipation of being struck in the knee could be considered a conditioned emotional response (CER), but it is not part of the scenario as described. Spontaneous recovery would refer to the reappearance of an extinguished response after a period of time has passed, which is not relevant to this scenario.

Imagine That You Try to Condition Someone So That a Particular