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One Saturday, Clayton was sitting at home when the telephone rang. A local company was making promotional calls and told Clayton he had just won a R500 gift certificate. He felt a rush of excitement at the thought of what he could do with R500. Now Clayton finds that whenever he hears a telephone ring, he feels a little surge of excitement. In this example, the conditioned response is

A) the surge of excitement that Clayton feels whenever he hears a telephone ring.
B) the ringing of a telephone.
C) the news that he had just won a R500 gift certificate.
D) the rush of excitement he felt when he won the certificate.

Conditioned Response

A response acquired through learning to a stimulus that was once neutral but has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus due to repeated pairings.

Surge of Excitement

An intense, sudden feeling of exhilaration or euphoria, often experienced in response to a stimulating event or anticipation of one.

  • Perceive the roles that conditioned responses (CR) and unconditioned responses (UR) play in classical conditioning.
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Noridayu RashidJan 01, 2025
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