Question

question 53 (mandatory) (1 point)
in aldous huxleys brave new world, infants develop a fear of roses after roses are presented with an electric shock. in the fictional example, the presentation of the roses is the
a) conditioned stimulus
b) unconditioned stimulus
c) unconditioned response
d) conditioned response

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus (CS) is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus (US), triggers a conditioned response (CR). Here, roses were initially neutral. But after being paired with an electric shock (unconditioned stimulus that causes fear - unconditioned response), roses (the initially neutral stimulus) become the conditioned stimulus that elicits fear (now a conditioned response). An unconditioned stimulus (like the electric shock in this case, if we were just looking at it alone without prior pairing) naturally and automatically triggers a response (unconditioned response) without any prior learning. A response (whether unconditioned or conditioned) is the behavior or reaction, not the stimulus.

Answer:

A. Conditioned stimulus