classical conditiong

Every time you take a shower, someone in the house flushes the toilet causing the water to turn cold and you to become cold. Now every time you hear a toilet flush, you get cold.

NS/CS

UCS

UCR

CR

Answer explanation

NS/CS - Hearing toilet flush

UCS- Water turning cold

UCR- turning cold due to cold water 

CR turing cold due to hearing toilet flush

It is springtime and the pollen from the flowers causes you to sneeze. Soon you are sneezing every time you see a flower.

NS/CS

UCS

UCR

CR

Answer explanation

NS/CS- Seeing a flower

UCS pollen

UCR sneezing due to pollen

CR sneezing due to any flower

In order to treat bedwetting, a pad that is sensitive to dampness is placed under the sheets. When this pad becomes wet, it sounds an alarm and you wakeup. Eventually you don't need the alarm to wake up and your full bladder will wake you up.

NS/CS

UCS

UCR

CR

Your partner often yells at you and makes you feel bad. Pretty soon you can't stand the look of that person and end the relationship. You meet another person who looks like your ex. Although they seem nice, you find yourself feeling bad every time you’re around them.

NS/CS

UCS

UCR

CR

Answer explanation

NS/CS

Person who looks like your ex

UCS

Partner yelling at you

UCR feeling bad due to partner yelling

CR feeling bad due to person who looks like your ex

A friends drinks several martinis while eating pepperoni pizza and was very hung over the next day. At your next party she refuses to eat pepperoni pizza claiming it makes her sick.

NS/CS

UCS

UCR

CR

Answer explanation

NS/CS

Eating pepperoni Pizza

UCS

Drinking martinis

UCR- Feeling sick from having too many martinis

CR - Feeling sick when eating pepperoni pizza

Psychologists like to experiment on other organisms in their immediate environment, so Jenny decided to perform a few experiments on her kitty, Precious. Jenny had a little clicker that makes a loud ‘CLICK’ sound. She walked around the house, randomly clicking it for a while while Precious rested in the living room. Then Jenny sat down with Precious, and used the flash on her camera to flash a bright light at the same time she clicked. Precious blinked because of the flash, and looked mildly annoyed. Jenny repeated this process with her 4 times, then clicked the clicker, without using the flash. She still blinked! (She also looked very unhappy).

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 explanation

unconditioned stimulus: bright flash

unconditioned response: eye blink

neutral stimulus / conditioned stimulus: clicking sound

conditioned response: eye blink

People receiving chemotherapy often vomit during or shortly after the procedure. After several chemotherapy sessions, people begin feeling sick at the sight of the treatment room.

Answer explanation

NS/CS

Sight of treatment room

UCS

chemotherapy

UCR vomiting due to chemotherapy

CR vomiting due to sight of treatment room