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A puff of air to the eye causes a reflexive blink. If you precede the puff of air with a buzzer, eventually the buzzer will cause a blink. In this example, the buzzer begins as the _____ and eventually becomes the ______.

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There are options for this question they are:

a) neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus

b) conditioned stimulus; neutral stimulus

c) unconditioned stimulus; conditioned stimulus

d) neutral stimulus; unconditioned stimulus

e) unconditioned stimulus; neutral stimulus

The correct answers are - In this example, the buzzer begins as the neutral stimulus and eventually becomes the conditioned stimulus. The buzzer initially is a neutral stimulus because it have no role to play in the blinking response. Eventually though through learned association the buzzer becomes a conditioned stimulus because you now associate it with a puff of air to the eye which in turn causes you to blink.

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