Steven Spielberg's Classic Movie Jaws Was a Thriller About Agreat

question 198

Multiple Choice

Steven Spielberg's classic movie Jaws was a thriller about agreat white shark that terrorized tourists at a local beach. Just before the shark's appearance, eerie music began playing. Asthe unseen shark came closer, the tempo of the music picked up. After the audience had experienced this a few times, thesound of the music triggered the emotional reaction of fear inthe audience even though the shark still had not appeared. Atthat point, the sound of the eerie music was a(n) :

• A)unconditioned response (UCR).
• B)conditioned response (CR).
• C)conditioned stimulus (CS).
• D)unconditioned stimulus (UCS).

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