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Seven-Year-Old Paul Is Going to the Eye Doctor for the First

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Seven-year-old Paul is going to the eye doctor for the first time. One of the tests performed by the eye doctor is one that checks for pressure in the eye. To take this test, Paul sits in a chair, places his forehead against an apparatus, and waits for instructions from the doctor. Then his eye is hit with a puff of air! While it doesn't hurt, it sure is startling and reflexively causes Paul to blink. When the doctor says it's time to check the other eye, Paul begins to blink as soon as he rests his head against the apparatus. What is the unconditioned response in this acquisition scenario?


A) Paul being startled
B) Paul's blinking after the feeling of the apparatus against his forehead
C) the puff of air in Paul's eye
D) Paul's blinking after the air puff

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