According to the concept of preparedness, which stimulus would make the most effective CS in a fear conditioning experiment?
A) gun
B) spider
C) flower
D) rabbit

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The concept of preparedness suggests that organisms are evolutionarily predisposed to learn certain associations more easily than others, particularly those that have been important for survival. Spiders, as potentially dangerous animals, would make the most effective conditioned stimulus (CS) in a fear conditioning experiment because humans are more readily predisposed to associate them with fear or danger.

According to the Concept of Preparedness, Which Stimulus Would Make