Initially, an infant has no response to a nurse's white uniform, but after a couple of painful experiences of getting a vaccination shot from a nurse in a white uniform, the infant will react with fear in response to a nurse in a white uniform who simply walks into the examining room. In this example, the sight of a nurse in a white uniform has become a(n) _____ to the infant.
A) unconditioned response (UCR)
B) conditioned response (CR)
C) conditioned stimulus (CS)
D) unconditioned stimulus (UCS)

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The sight of a nurse in a white uniform has become a conditioned stimulus (CS) because the infant has learned to associate it with the painful experience of getting a vaccination shot.

Initially, an Infant Has No Response to a Nurse's White