AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A participant in a study has been classically conditioned to blink by pairing a tone and a puff of air to the participant’s eye. The participant’s response (blinking) to the puff of air is the
A
unconditioned response.
B
conditioned response.
C
unconditioned stimulus.
D
conditioned stimulus.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Eye-blink conditioning involves the pairing of a conditioned stimulus (usually a tone) to an unconditioned stimulus (air puff), and it is well established that an intact cerebellum and interpositus nucleus, in particular, are required for this form of classical conditioning.

Detailed explanation-2: -In eye blink conditioning, a conditioned stimulus (often a tone) is presented shortly before an unconditioned stimulus (e.g., mild shock to the skin round the eye) that elicits an eye blink, the unconditioned response.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In terms of classical conditioning, the air puff can be described as an unconditioned stimulus (US) as it produces an automated reflexive response of blinking the eye, which in terms of classical conditioning, is named as the unconditioned response (UR).

Detailed explanation-4: -Review the concepts of classical conditioning, including unconditioned stimulus (US), conditioned stimulus (CS), unconditioned response (UR), and conditioned response (CR).

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