Which of the following represents the concept of equipotentiality?
A)After exposure to X-rays,rats develop an aversion to red lights.
B)After exposure to X-rays,rats develop an aversion to crackers.
C)After exposure to X-rays,rats develop an aversion to both crackers and red lights.
D)After exposure to X-rays,rats develop an aversion to food after multiple pairings of the CS with UCS.

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Equipotentiality refers to the idea that any conditioned stimulus (CS) has an equal potential to become associated with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS) and elicit a conditioned response (CR). In this case, the fact that rats developed aversions to both crackers and red lights after exposure to X-rays suggests that these two stimuli had an equal potential to become associated with the negative effects of the X-rays, as opposed to one stimulus being more likely to be associated with the UCS than the other. Option A and D imply that only one CS is associated with the UCS, while option B does not involve conditioning at all.

Which of the Following Represents the Concept of Equipotentiality