Question

9) Kitties and Snappers na heard about Jenny's experiment, she wanted to try something with her own cat. Sabrina's cat, Jasmine, tends to follow her around the house (unless she's sleeping). When Sabrina feeds her, she puts her ood dish on the floor. One day a few weeks ago, Sabrina tried a new procedure. After she put the food dish on the floor, she would snap her fingers, which was paired with her eating the food and licking her chops (yum!). One night about a week ago, a half hour or so before Sabrina normally feeds her, they were sitting on the couch. Sabrina decided to try snapping her fingers to see if there was any classical conditioning- Jasmine looked at Sabrina and licked her chops! 1. What is the unconditioned stimulus? 2. What is the unconditioned response? 3. What is the neutral stimulus that becomes the conditioned stimulus? 4. What is the conditioned response?

Answer 1

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1. The unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is one that unconditionally, naturally, and automatically triggers a response.

The unconditioned stimulus; the Sabrina feeding the cat

1. An unconditioned response is an unlearned response that occurs naturally in reaction to the unconditioned stimulus.

unconditioned response; putting the food dish on the floor

1. The neutral stimulus that becomes a conditioned response. (As this response was learned or conditioned) it will be;

Snapping the fingers after putting the food dish on the floor

4. The conditioned response (an automatic response established by training to an ordinarily neutral stimulus) will be;

Licking of the chops.