Multiple choice

For conditioning to occur, the proper order of events is

  1. US-UR-CR

  2. CS-CR-UR

  3. CS-US-UR

  4. UR-US-CR

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus must be presented BEFORE the unconditioned stimulus for learning to occur. This is called forward conditioning: the CS comes first, then the US, which triggers the UR. Eventually, the CS alone produces the CR. The other orders either don't produce conditioning or represent different learning phenomena.