If you trained a rat to fear a flashing light by pairing it with a painful electric shock, what would be your conditioned stimulus?
A) flashing light
B) electric shock
C) fear
D) extinction

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The conditioned stimulus is the stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus (in this case, the painful electric shock) in order to elicit a response. In this scenario, the flashing light is paired with the electric shock, therefore becoming the conditioned stimulus that elicits fear in the rat.

If You Trained a Rat to Fear a Flashing Light