A mother turns on the radio right before she feeds her toddler each evening. After a few days, the child begins to open his mouth and hold out his spoon as soon as the mother turns on the radio. What is the radio in this example?

a) conditioned stimulus
b) conditioned response
c) unconditioned stimulus
d) unconditioned response


a

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