Question

Jillian, a stay-at-home mother, watches a lot of daytime television. During the day, Charmin toilet paper runs lots of television ads. Jillian always smiles when she sees these ads because they have so many cute babies on them. When Jillian is shopping at her local market, she finds herself smiling when she is in the toilet paper section, especially when she is near the Charmin toilet paper. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus(i) is(are) the _______.

Answer 1

Answer: Cute babies

Explanation: Events which causes or triggers a natural and automatic response are called unconditioned stimulus. Unconditioned stimulus could be attributed to events which ignites a reflex or natural response or behavior which wasn't pre-planned or predetermined.

In the scenario above, Jillian smiles alot(unconditioned response) when she sees an ad on television because of the cute babies(unconditioned stimulus) used in the ad. These response is even triggered when Jillian is within

an area or scene that is related with the content of the ad. This is due to the unconditioned stimulus(cute babies).

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is cute babies.

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus (toilet paper) is associated with an unrelated object or event, called unconditioned stimulus (cute babies). This produces a reaction known as conditioned response (smiling, happiness).

It's important to recognise that unconditioned stimuli do not need to be associated with anything else to produce a response. This means the mere sight of cute babies makes Jillian smile. A different stimulus can be paired with this to provoke the conditioned response.