Before Learning Painfully That the Sound of a Buzzing Bee

question 119

Multiple Choice

Before learning painfully that the sound of a buzzing bee signaled she was about to be stung,Sara felt no fear in response to the buzzing sound.At that time the sound of the buzzing bee was most clearly a(n)

• A) conditioned stimulus.
• B) neutral stimulus.
• C) conditioned response.
• D) unconditioned stimulus.

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