John Watson offered a live, white rat to Little Albert and then

made a loud noise behind Albert by striking a steel bar with a hammer. The white rat served as the _____ in his study.
a) discriminative stimulus
b) counterconditioning stimulus
c) conditioned stimulus
d) unconditioned stimulus


Answer: c

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