While visiting a dog-grooming salon with a distinctive lavender scent, a puppy was startled by a sudden, extremely loud thunderclap right outside the window. This caused the puppy to tremble violently and whimper in terror. Since this event, the puppy begins to tremble and whimpers in fear whenever it encounters a lavender scent.
Identify the conditioned stimulus (CS) and conditioned response (CR) from this scenario.
Conditioned stimulus (CS):
Conditioned response (CR):
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