AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

OPERANT CONDITIONING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a stimulus?
A
A response to an action
B
A colloquial phrase
C
Something that causes a response
D
Something the government uses to help the economy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Scientifically speaking, a stimulus is anything that produces a response in an organism or in a cell or tissue of an organism. Such stimuli can be internal or external. Internal stimuli come from inside an organism-pain and hunger are internal stimuli.

Detailed explanation-2: -A stimulus causes an action or response, like the ringing of your alarm clock if you didn’t sleep through it. Stimulus is a word often used in biology-something that causes a reaction in an organ or cell, for example.

Detailed explanation-3: -Something that causes a response is known as stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -A stimulus is anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change. The plural of stimulus is stimuli. Stimuli can be external or internal. An example of external stimuli is your body responding to a medicine. An example of internal stimuli is your vital signs changing due to a change in the body.

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