After the day of the wreck, Yung avoided the corner of 9th and Mulberry. He knew that there was nothing wrong with thatparticular location, but since the acident he experienced shortness of breath and tightness in his muscles when he drove past the corner. Classical conditioning would explain that:

Question

After the day of the wreck, Yung avoided the corner of 9th and Mulberry. He knew that there was nothing wrong with thatparticular location, but since the acident he experienced shortness of breath and tightness in his muscles when he drove past the corner. Classical conditioning would explain that:

(a) the accident was the conditioned response, while the corner had becomethe conditioned stimulus
(b) the anxiety from an accident is a unconditioned response, while the anxiety suffered at the corner after the accident is the conditioned response
(c) the corner is the conditioned response, while the anxiety suffered at the corner after the accident is the unconditioned response
(d) the accident is the conditioned stimulus,while the corner after the accident is the unconditioned stimulus

I chose (b) Is this correct?

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct. Option (b) is the correct answer.

Classical conditioning is a type of learning where an individual develops a conditioned response to a previously neutral stimulus through its association with an unconditioned stimulus that naturally elicits a response. In this scenario, the accident would be the unconditioned stimulus, which naturally caused anxiety in Yung. The anxiety experienced at the corner after the accident would then be the conditioned response, as it has been associated with the accident.

Option (a) is incorrect because the accident itself is not the conditioned response; it is the unconditioned stimulus that elicits the anxiety response. The corner becomes the conditioned stimulus because it is associated with the accident.

Option (c) is incorrect because the anxiety suffered at the corner after the accident is the conditioned response, not the unconditioned response. The unconditioned response in this case would be the anxiety felt immediately after the accident.

Option (d) is incorrect because the accident is the unconditioned stimulus, not the conditioned stimulus. The corner after the accident becomes the conditioned stimulus because it is associated with the accident.

After the day of the wreck, Yung avoided the corner of 9th and Mulberry. He knew that there was nothing wrong with thatparticular location, but since the acident he experienced shortness of breath and tightness in his muscles when he drove past the corner. Classical conditioning would explain that:

I agree.

Yes, you are correct. Option (b) is the correct answer.