Sharifa developed a fear of balconies after almost falling from a balcony on a couple of occasions. What was the conditioned response?

A) the balcony
B) fear of the balcony
C) almost falling
D) fear resulting from almost falling

The fear of balconies is the conditioned response because it is a learned or conditioned reaction to the previous experiences of almost falling. The balcony itself (A) or the almost falling (C) would be the conditioned stimulus, which triggered the fear response (B or D).