Golda Used to Really Enjoy Potato Salad, and at a Family

question 324

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Golda used to really enjoy potato salad, and at a family reunion she ate a large helping.Unfortunately, the potato salad had not been kept cold, and Golda became quite ill after eating it.Now she finds that even the sight of potato salad in the school cafeteria can make her feel sick to her stomach.In this example of classical conditioning, the sight of potato salad in the school cafeteria is:

• A)an unconditioned stimulus
• B)a conditioned stimulus
• C)an unconditioned response
• D)a conditioned response

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