LEARNING
OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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clapping after a thrilling concert performance
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jumping rope
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running through a maze to get a food reward
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sweating in hot weather
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Detailed explanation-1: -unconditioned response (UCR). In the example given above, sweating is a reflexive response that happens naturally (i.e. without learning) when in a hot environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some more examples of unconditioned responses include: Gasping in pain after being stung by a bee. Jerking your hand back after touching a hot plate on the oven. Jumping at the sound of a loud noise.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. An unconditioned response is a response that is reflexive and involuntary in nature, which is reliably induced every time an organism comes across to biologically significant stimuli.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sweating is not a reflex action. It is primarily a means of temperature regulation.
Detailed explanation-5: -An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment.