Question

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:

A) US. B) UR. C) CS. D) CR.

Answer 1

C) CS

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the sound was a conditioned stimulus. This term refers to a neutral stimulus that begins to trigger a conditioned response only after it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus. Which in this scenario they associated the sound with a puff of air (unconditioned stimulus) letting her know that she needed to blink.