CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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: -A neutral stimulus is a stimulus which initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention. In classical conditioning, when used together with an unconditioned stimulus, the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned 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: -Lesson Summary. A neutral stimulus is something which does not trigger a specific reaction. A conditioned stimulus is an occurrence which reliably produces a specific reaction, called a conditioned response, due to a learning and association process through which stimulus and response are meaningfully paired.