AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stimulus-response (S-R) theories are central to the principles of conditioning. They are based on the assumption that human behaviour is learned. One of the early contributors to the field, American psychologist Edward L. Thorndike, postulated the Law of Effect, which stated that those behavioral responses…

Detailed explanation-2: -Behavior is often defined as the response to a stimulus. In other words, what a person, animal, plant, or organism does after being stimulated is part of its behavior. In order to cause that response, the stimulus must be sensed, processed, and interpreted by the person, animal, plant, or organism.

Detailed explanation-3: -In short, the stimulus organism response theory states that there’s a stimulus that triggers a response based on the internal feelings or behavior of an organism (person). This internal processing of the stimulus can be conscious or unconscious. It further triggers an emotion that leads to a response.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of stimuli and their responses: You are hungry so you eat some food. A rabbit gets scared so it runs away. You are cold so you put on a jacket.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct option is A sensitivity. The stimulus(singular) is any change in the organism’s internal or external environment that causes the organism to react. The ability of an organism to respond to external stimuli is called sensitivity.