Question

Let's say you have a hungry cat in your kitchen. You use your electric can opener, which makes a rather loud sound, to open a can of cat food. You have done this many times before. The hungry cat runs toward the plate of food when it sees it being set on the floor. In this example, running toward a plate of food when set in front of the cat is a/n:

Answer 1

Answer: Unconditional response

Explanation:

An unconditional response is one that occurs naturally and innately. In this type of response, the person does not need to carry out a learning process. This type of response responds to the natural and birth abilities that a person or animal has.

It is normal that, in different times in our lives, human beings act in this way, where a learning process is not carried out and they react instantly, in the case of animals it is the same and something very frequent since animals they act on instinct. An example of this would be the cat that ran to the plate of food. Here the cat acted instinctively, there was no process, something that is common for animals in this type of situation.

Among the most famous examples of unconditional response is Pavlov's theory, which is based on the salivation experiment with the dog. The dog salivated not only when food appeared but when other food-related stimuli were present.