Question

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank. After a while he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

Answer 1

Answer:

In this example, the fish food is the unconditioned stimulus.

Explanation:

This is an example of Classical Conditioning, in which various types of stimulus are used to trigger certain responses.

• The unconditioned stimulus automatically and naturally triggers a response. This is the fish food.
• The light is the neutral stimulus since it does not create a response on its own but once it is mixed with the unconditioned stimulus will eventually evolve into the conditioned stimulus. This means the fish will get hungry when Alan turns on the light, even if they are not given food yet.