Freeman's cat quickly learned that the sound of the can opener meant she was about to be fed. now, the cat will come running to the kitchen every time freeman uses the can opener, even if he isn't preparing cat food. in this example, the sound of the can opener is the

Conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

Classical conditioning: The classical conditioning is a process in which a neutral stimulus gets paired with another stimulus that gives rise to a response repeatedly until it takes over the position of the neutral stimulus itself and produces a similar response.

Example: In the question above, as the sound of the can opener makes the cat come running in the kitchen every time Freeman uses the can opener.

Conditioned stimulus: In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus is the neutral stimulus that gets paired with the unconditioned stimulus and creates a conditioned response.

In the example given in the question above, the sound of the can opener is the conditioned stimulus.

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