In Pavlov's classical conditioning experiments, the neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned reponse is known as the:
A) unconditioned stimulus
B) conditioned stimulus
C) reinforced stimulus
D) unreinforced stimulus
I believe the answer is A or B and am leaning more turns B but I am just so confused
Can someone please help?
Thanks, but still confused but I am going with Conditioned stimulus.
In Pavlov's classical conditioning experiments, the neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response is known as the conditioned stimulus (B). To better understand why, let me explain how Pavlov's experiment worked.
In Pavlov's famous experiment involving dogs, he paired a neutral stimulus, such as the sound of a bell, with an unconditioned stimulus, which was food. Before the conditioning started, the bell sound did not elicit any particular response from the dogs. The unconditioned stimulus, food, naturally triggered the unconditioned response of salivation in the dogs.
During the conditioning phase, Pavlov repeatedly presented the bell sound (neutral stimulus) and immediately followed it with food (unconditioned stimulus). After several pairings, the dogs began to associate the bell sound with the presentation of food. As a result, the bell sound alone started to elicit salivation, even without the presence of food.
At this point, the bell sound transformed from a neutral stimulus into a conditioned stimulus. The neutral stimulus became associated with the unconditioned stimulus through repeated pairings, eventually leading to the elicitation of the conditioned response (salivation) by the conditioned stimulus alone. Hence, the correct answer to your question is B) conditioned stimulus.
In classical conditioning, the unconditoned stimulus (US) is one which reflexively causes a response. One example is putting something into your mouth causes salivation. In this case the unconditioned response (UR) is the response to a US presented alone, the salivation.
A conditioned stimulus (CS) originally has little or no effect. Only when the CS is repeatedly paired with a US (or previously learned CS) will it become a CS. A good example is the sound of a cellophane wrapper being opened. Originally it has little or no effect. However, after being repeatedly paired with eating candy or other foods, it alone will produce the conditioned response. The conditioned response (CR) is one given to the CS when presented alone.
You pick.