As a child, you were playing in the yard one day when a neighbor’s cat wandered over. your mother (who has a terrible fear of animals) screamed and snatched you into her arms. her behavior caused you to cry. you now have a fear of cats. in this example the conditioned stimulus is:
a. your mother’s behaviorb. your cryingc. the catd. your fear today

C. the cat                  

Explanation:

Conditioned stimulus: In a classical conditioning experiment, the conditioned stimulus is defined as a formerly neutral stimulus that, after being connected or associated with the unconditioned stimulus, automatically comes to prompt a conditioned response.

In the given example:

Conditioned response-Your fear today

Conditioned stimulus-the cat

Unconditioned response-Your crying

Unconditioned stimulus-Your mother's behavior.

using the scientific method.

answer; genetics;