Women who breast-feed their infants often notice that the crying of any infant will trigger a reflex in which breast milk is ejected even when they are not nursing at the moment.In this case,the ejection of milk is a(n):
A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) conditioned response.
C) unconditioned response.
D) conditioned stimulus.

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The ejection of milk in response to any infant's crying, not just their own, becomes a conditioned response over time. Initially, milk ejection is directly triggered by the baby's suckling (an unconditioned stimulus leading to an unconditioned response). However, as the mother associates the sound of crying with nursing, the crying itself becomes a conditioned stimulus, leading to the conditioned response of milk ejection, even in the absence of suckling.

Women Who Breast-Feed Their Infants Often Notice That the Crying