Question

quiz: classical conditioning

1. what does the word conditioning mean?
2. pavlov conditioned his dogs to salivate from the sound of the bell, using meat. label the following.

unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
conditioned stimulus
conditioned response

1. one day burt went to get a flu shot. the shot was very painful and he yelled and cried. the next time he went to the doctors office he again began to cry when he saw the doctor. label the following.

us
ur
cs
cr

1. diego went out to eat one night with his friends. he had a bad, spoiled piece of apple pie. later that night diego got sick from the bad piece of pie. now he cant even look at a perfectly new piece of apple pie without feeling sick.

us
ur
cs
cr

Explanation:

For question 3:

• Unconditioned Stimulus (US) is the flu shot (as it naturally causes pain).
• Unconditioned Response (UR) is yelling and crying (natural reaction to pain).
• Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is the doctor (associated with the pain - inducing shot).
• Conditioned Response (CR) is crying when seeing the doctor (learned response).

For question 4:

• Unconditioned Stimulus (US) is the spoiled apple pie (naturally causes sickness).
• Unconditioned Response (UR) is getting sick (natural reaction to spoiled food).
• Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is the new apple pie (associated with the spoiled one).
• Conditioned Response (CR) is feeling sick when seeing the new pie (learned response).

Answer:

3.
US: Flu shot
UR: Yelling and crying
CS: Doctor
CR: Crying when seeing the doctor

4.
US: Spoiled apple pie
UR: Getting sick
CS: New apple pie
CR: Feeling sick when seeing new apple pie