An experiment finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he hears a certain piece of music.The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then plays the piece of music.The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone.In this situation the UNCONDITIONED response is the:
A)increased heartbeat.
B)piece of music.
C)sound of the buzzer.
D)listening to the music.

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The unconditioned response is the natural, automatic response to a stimulus. In this case, the subject's increased heartbeat when he hears the certain piece of music is the unconditioned response. It is not related to any other stimuli like the sound of the buzzer or listening to the music, so choices C and D can be ruled out. The piece of music is the conditioned stimulus that will eventually lead to a conditioned response, but at this point, it is not the unconditioned response.

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