Five-Year-Old Samantha Is Watching a Storm from Her Window

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Samantha is watching a storm from her window. A huge bolt of lightning is followed by a tremendous thunderclap. Startled, Samantha jumps at the noise. This happens several times. As the storm moves farther away, Samantha jumps at the sight of a lightening bolt but hears the thunder after her jump! In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the ________ and the conditioned stimulus is the ________.

A) jumping; lightning
B) thunder; jumping
C) thunder; lightning
D) lightning; thunder