AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that at first elicits no response. Pavlov introduced the ringing of the bell as a neutral stimulus. An unconditioned stimulus is a stimulus that leads to an automatic response. In Pavlov’s experiment, the food was the unconditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -A good example of a neutral stimulus is a sound or a song. When it is initially presented, the neutral stimulus has no effect on behavior. As it is repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus, it will begin to cause the same response as the UCS.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the difference between the conditioned stimulus and neutral stimulus? A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that does not produce an automatic response. But, in classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus will become a conditioned stimulus when consistently paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -neutral stimulus does not initially elicit a response from an organism. The word neutral means unbiased and unaffiliated. As such, a neutral stimulus is not affiliated with any particular response.

Detailed explanation-5: -earned response to a previously neutral stimulus. Bell= saliva. Conditioned Stimulus (CS) in classical conditioning, an originally irrelevant stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus (CS), comes to trigger a conditioned response.