Question

Harmony notices that her cat salivates as soon as it hears the sound of Harmony opening a can with an electric can opener. In this example, the ________ is the conditioned stimulus, while ________ is the conditioned response.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is the sound of the can opener and the salivation, respectively.

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimuls (the sound of the can opener) is associated with an unrelated consequence, called unconditioned stimuls (the food). This produces a reaction known as conditioned response (the salivation).

It's important to recognise that any neutral stimulus can become conditioned when constantly followed by a consequence. In the example, the sound of the can opener could be replaced by a bell, and in time would produce the same response.