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 the:A. unconditioned response.B. neutral stimulus.C. conditioned stimulus.D. conditioned response

Answer 1

Answer:

The chemotherapy is the unconditioned stimulus.

Explanation:

Classical Conditioning uses stimulus to create responses. The process is as follows:

1. An unconditioned stimulus (UCS) creates an unconditioned response (UCR).
2. A neutral stimulus (NS) creates no response.
3. Once the unconditioned stimulus and the neutral stimulus are paired, they create the unconditioned response.
4. The neutral stimulus will soon become a conditioned stimulus (CS), creating the now conditioned response (CR).

In this case, Jane's chemotherapy is the UCS which creates the UCR, Jane's nausea. The waiting room is the NS which paired with the UCS, the chemotherapy, will eventually develop the CR of Jane's nausea.