AP PSYCHOLOGY

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LEARNING

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING VS OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Evie always gets excited to go on walks. Over time, she began to notice that her master always put his shoes on right before taking her out for a walk. Now she whenever she sees her master put his shoes on, she gets excited for a walk. In this example, the UNCONDITIONED RESPONSE is ____
A
Owner putting shoes on
B
Getting excited for walk after seeing shoes
C
Going for walks
D
Excitement for walks without seeing shoes.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, after pairing a tone with food, and establishing the tone as a conditioned stimulus that elicits salivation, a light could be paired with the tone. If the light alone comes to elicit salivation, then higher order conditioning has occurred.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pavlov quickly realized that this was a learned response and set out to further investigate the conditioning process. Classical conditioning is a process that involves creating an association between a naturally existing stimulus and a previously neutral one.

Detailed explanation-3: -An unconditioned stimulus is a stimulus that leads to an automatic response. In Pavlov’s experiment, the food was the unconditioned stimulus. An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment.

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