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A researcher is designing an experiment to condition a fear response in rats. The plan is to pair a specific stimulus with a mild, unpleasant electric shock. According to the principle that organisms are biologically prepared to form certain associations more readily than others, which of the following pairings would likely result in the most rapid and durable learning of the fear response?
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A researcher is designing an experiment to condition a fear response in rats. The plan is to pair a specific stimulus with a mild, unpleasant electric shock. According to the principle that organisms are biologically prepared to form certain associations more readily than others, which of the following pairings would likely result in the most rapid and durable learning of the fear response?