Albert B. (or "Little Albert") was initially not afraid of rats, but when a white rat and a loud noise were presented together, Albert learned to fear them. In this famous example, the rat was the ________. Group of answer choices conditioned stimulus unconditioned stimulus conditioned response unconditioned response

Albert B. (or "Little Albert") was initially not afraid of rats, but when a white rat and a loud noise were presented together, Albert learned to fear them. In this famous example, the rat was the unconditioned stimulus. In classical conditioning, an unconditioned stimulus (loud noise) is associated with a conditioned stimulus (rat) in order to elicit a conditioned response (fear).

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Answer: Conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

A conditioned stimulus is a neutral stimulus that evokes some sort of response by repeatedly being associated with another stimulus who naturally triggers that response.

In the case of little Albert, The white rat was the conditioned stimulus who evoked a response and the loud music was the unconditioned stimulus that naturally triggered the rat's response. Little Albert learned to fear the rat after relating it with the loud noise.