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HudsonKB16

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A little boy is allowed to play with a laboratory rat and shows no fear of it. Then, a
   scientist makes a scary noise by banging an iron bar whenever the little boy reaches
   for the rat.
 
  Soon, the boy begins crying whenever the rat comes near him. In this study,
   the boy's fear of the rat is the ______.
   a. unconditioned stimulus c. conditioned stimulus
   b. unconditioned response d. conditioned response

Question 2

A little boy is allowed to play with a laboratory rat and shows no fear of it. Then, a
   scientist makes a scary noise by banging an iron bar whenever the little boy reaches for
   the rat.
 
  Soon, the boy begins crying whenever the rat comes near him. In this study, the
   scary noise is the ______.
   a. unconditioned stimulus c. conditioned stimulus
   b. unconditioned response d. conditioned response



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ApricotDream

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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A




HudsonKB16

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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