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16 May, 22:59

To assess whether Mrs. Webster had suffered a brain injury, researchers conditioned her to blink in response to a sound that signaled the delivery of a puff of air directed toward her face. In this application of classical conditioning, the sound was a (n)

a) unconditioned stimulus.

b) unconditioned response.

c) conditioned stimulus.

d) conditioned response.

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  1. 17 May, 00:31
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    c) conditioned stimulus.

    Explanation:

    Conditioned stimulus: The term conditioned stimulus is a part of the classical conditioning, which is proposed by the behavioral psychologist named Ivan Pavlov. It is defined as a formerly neutral stimulus that after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus triggers a conditioned response. Here, the neutral stimulus doesn't produce any reaction.

    In the question above, the sound was a conditioned stimulus.
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