Question

Every week, Jade spends her allowance on ½ pound of sour lemon gummy candies even though they always make her mouth water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Jade sees a girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! Jade notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the:

Answer 1

Answer:

Sour lemon gummy candy.

Explanation:

The classical conditioning learning may be defined as a type of learning that are associated with the stimulus. The learning provides the reward or punishment.

In classical conditioning, the strong stimulus combined with the neutral stimulus and increases the response against the stimulus. Jade salivates whenever he sees the sour lemon gummy candies. Here, the sour lemon gummy candies acts as the unconditioned stimulus.

Thus, the answer is sour lemon gummy candies.