Question

Molly and mark are new parents. their daughter alvina often cries when she is uncomfortable. each time alvina cries, her parents give her a stuffed rabbit. eventually, alvina looks at the rabbit and cries because she associates the rabbit with being uncomfortable. what is the conditioned stimulus (cs) in this scenario?

Answer 1

Answer: A. Rabbit is the answer to your question

Answer 2

The rabbit.
The rabbit acts as an alternate stimulus and triggers a response in the baby as a conditioned stimulus. Simply put, the rabbit makes the baby react by crying because she associates the rabbit with something like discomfort and fear and cries out.