You feed your dog every time you come home from school at night. One day your afternoon classes are cancelled and you come home
early. Your dog barks for food, even though it is not her dinnertime yet. In this scenario, the _______ is the neutral stimulus, and the ______ is the unconditioned stimulus.
When an unconditional stimulus is paired with a stimulus which was previously neutral the unconditional stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus.
Coming home was a neutral stimulus but when it was paired with the unconditioned stimulus of giving food it became a conditioned stimulus. So, later on when you arrive the dog wants food irrespective of the time.
