AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -After a while he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the is the unconditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -An unconditioned stimulus causes a response without any prior learning on the part of the subject. The response is automatic and occurs without thought. In contrast, a conditioned stimulus produces a reaction only after the subject has learned to associate it with a given outcome.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment. A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response. In the described experiment, the conditioned stimulus was the ringing of the bell, and the conditioned response was salivation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Using the terminology of the classical conditioning paradigm, the conditioned stimulus (CS) is a learned stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response. For example, the sound of a bell is the conditioned stimulus in Pavlov’s experiment, and the dogs salivating would be the conditioned response.

Detailed explanation-5: -For example, if the smell of your favorite food makes you feel hungry or a cold breeze makes you shiver, the smell of the food and the cold breeze are considered unconditioned stimuli. They produce an involuntary reaction without you being trained to have that response.