Elements of Classical Conditioning

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What is the conditioned stimulus in the scenario where Tamara feeds her cat canned cat food and her cat comes to the kitchen when she uses her electric can opener?

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The sound of the electric can opener

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What used to be a neutral stimulus for the fish when John turns on the light to his aquarium?

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the light

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The happiness Elijah felt from spending time baking with his grandmother is...

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An unconditioned response

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The illness that Jacob felt yesterday after seeing a chicken sandwich was

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A conditioned response

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Freddie’s mother buys him a sailor’s cap before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Freddie gets nauseated and vomits. The next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor’s cap. The sailor’s cap has become:

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The conditioned stimulus

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A person with knowledge of classical conditioning would be correct in saying that the motorcycle is now a(n) ______, and the heart racing and body sweating is the ______.

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conditioned stimulus; conditioned response

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What UCS paired with what NS to create a new conditioned response when John turns on the light to his aquarium and the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food?

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food + light

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Cenet has found that when she opens the cupboard door to get the cat food, the cat comes running to the kitchen. Abby knows that this is classical conditioning and that the unconditioned stimulus is the _____________ and the conditioned stimulus is the ______________.

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cat food; cupboard door opening

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What is the conditioned response when a child hears a loud noise and sees the family's dog that often barks loudly?

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The crying

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In Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World", infants develop a fear of books after books are repeatedly presented with a loud noise. In this fictional example, the loud noise is a(n):

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unconditioned stimulus.