Question

Calvin was chased and assaulted by an aggressive rooster when he was barely three years old. As an adult he still gets little blips in his stomach when he hears the word rooster, and he claims that birds make him nervous. What is the unconditioned stimulus? What is the unconditioned response? What is the neutral stimulus that becomes the conditioned stimulus? What is the conditioned response?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Unconditioned Stimulus: Being chased and assaulted  

Unconditioned Response: Autonomic rejoinders that convoy fear and pain. These retorts include deviations in heart rate and respiration, dilation and constriction of blood vessels, perspiration, dilation of pupils, inhibition of digestive processes, and release of energy to skeletal muscles.  

Conditioned Stimulus: The rooster. Before the attack, the rooster was a neutral stimuli.  

Conditioned Response: Autonomic responses similar to those that occurred when he was chased and assaulted. The responses are, of course, less intense than they were originally .