Mabel clicks her tongue while tickling Francis. Eventually, Francis starts to squirm and giggle every time Mabel clicks her tongue, even when he is not being tickled. In this example, tongue clicking is a(n) ________. Group of answer choices

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Answer:

conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

In this specific scenario, tongue clicking is an example of a conditioned stimulus. This refers to a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response. Which in this scenario, Francis is associating the clicking of the tongue (conditioned stimulus) with the tickling (unconditioned stimulus) which now always triggers Francis to squirm and giggle (conditioned response).