Question

Ed noticed that whenever he used his electric can opener, his cat would come into the kitchen and act hungry—drooling and mewing pitiably. He reasoned that because he used the can opener to open the cat’s food, the sound of the can opener had become a(n) __________.


conditioned response.
unconditioned response.
conditioned stimulus.
unconditioned stimulus.

Answer 1

Answer:

conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

The sound of the can opener only triggered this response once it became linked to something, making it rely on a condition