When Natasha was five years old she was terrified and became hysterical when her older brother dropped a spider down her shirt. Today, even the sight of a rubber spider is enough to make her agitated and uneasy. In this example of classical conditioning, the conditioned response is:
a. having the spider dropped down her shirt by her older brother
b. the agitation Natasha experiences when she sees a rubber spider
c. the hysterical reaction Natasha had when she was five years old
d. the sight of a rubber spider
B
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