Steven Spielberg's classic movie Jaws is a thriller about a great white shark that terrorizes tourists at a local beach. Just before the shark's appearance, eerie music begins playing. As the unseen shark comes closer, the tempo of the music picks up. After the audience experiences this a few times, the sound of the music triggers the emotional reaction of fear in the audience even though the shark still has not appeared. At that point, the sound of the eerie music is a(n):
A) unconditioned response (UCR).
B) conditioned response (CR).
C) conditioned stimulus (CS).
D) unconditioned stimulus (UCS).

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The sound of the eerie music has become a conditioned stimulus (CS) that triggers the emotional reaction of fear in the audience. It was originally a neutral stimulus, but through classical conditioning, it has become associated with the impending danger of the shark's arrival.

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