Question

luke was listening to mozart when he received word that his beloved grandmother died. now whenever he hears mozart, he feels sad. according to the principles of classical conditioning, what is the conditioned stimulus in this example?
d) feeling sad
b) luke
c) the death of his grandmother
a) the mozart song

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (which naturally triggers a response), comes to trigger a conditioned response. Here, the Mozart song was neutral initially, but after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus (his grandmother's death, which naturally caused sadness), it now triggers sadness. The death of the grandmother is the unconditioned stimulus, feeling sad is the conditioned response, and Luke is the subject, not a stimulus.

Answer:

A) the Mozart song