A young child is at the aquarium was looking at fish swim by the glass on the side of the tank in front of her.Suddenly a large shark darted by the glass and startled the girl (she experienced autonomic arousal).The next time she was near the glass to the tank,she experienced the autonomic arousal again.In this example,identify the US and the CS.

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The unconditioned stimulus (US) is the shark, which naturally elicits an autonomic arousal response without prior conditioning. The conditioned stimulus (CS) becomes the glass to the tank, as it is now associated with the autonomic arousal after the initial encounter with the shark.

A Young Child Is at the Aquarium Was Looking at Fish