CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When John turns on the light to his aquarium he sprinkles food into the water and the fish swim to the top. What is the unconditioned stimulus?
A
the food
B
the water
C
the light
D
John
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of Unconditioned Stimuli The smell of a favorite food, which immediately makes you feel hungry. A feather tickling your nose, which causes you to sneeze. An onion’s smell as you cut it, which makes your eyes water.

Detailed explanation-2: -An unconditioned stimulus is a stimulus that leads to an automatic response. In Pavlov’s experiment, the food was the unconditioned stimulus. An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment.

Detailed explanation-3: -During conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus (food) is presented repeatedly just after the presentation of the neutral stimulus (bell). After conditioning, the neutral stimulus alone produces a conditioned response (salivation), thus becoming a conditioned stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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