Question

Jane had leukemia as a child and had to undergo numerous bouts of chemotherapy. the chemotherapy always made her nauseous. as she underwent a year of treatment, the waiting room started to make her nauseous. the chemotherapy is:

Answer 1

The chemotherapy is the conditioned stimulus.

Answer 2

Answer:

Chemotherapy is an unconditioned stimulus.

Explanation:

Unconditioned stimulation is that stimulus that already has a meaningful character to an individual. An example of this can be seen in the question above, since Janse felt bad whenever taking chemotherapy, in which case chemotherapy was a character that had a bad meaning for Jane because it showed that she would feel unpleasant sensations. However, the existence of chemotherapy made Jane already experience these unpleasant sensations in the waiting room of the doctor's office. This was because chemotherapy behaved like an unconditioned stimulus in this case.