Eli's grandmother gives him a chocolate mint every time she visits.After his grandmother has visited several days in a row,Eli's mouth begins to water when he sees her arriving.In this example,the conditioned stimulus (CS)is ___.
A) hunger
B) Eli's grandmother
C) the chocolate mint
D) Eli's watering mouth

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Eli's grandmother becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS) because Eli's mouth starts to water in anticipation of the chocolate mint whenever he sees her arriving, indicating that he has learned to associate his grandmother's visits with receiving a chocolate mint.

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