Question

Every time Brandy drops a cricket into the cage of her pet tarantula, Chompers, he begins to salivate. Brandy has gotten in the habit of playing her favorite CD when she feeds Chompers. After several pairings of the cricket and her favorite CD, all Brandy has to do is play the CD and Chompers begins to salivate. In this example, Chompers salivate to the fresh, wriggling cricket is a(n)

Answer 1

Answer:

Conditioned response

Explanation:

Every time Brandy drops a cricket into the cage of her pet tarantula, Chompers, he begins to salivate. Brandy has gotten in the habit of playing her favorite CD when she feeds Chompers. After several pairings of the cricket and her favorite CD, all Brandy has to do is play the CD and Chompers begins to salivate. In this example, Chompers salivate to the fresh, wriggling cricket is a conditioned response.

In classical conditioning, a previously unrelated unconditioned stimulus (music from her favorite CD) is associated with a conditioned stimulus (cricket) to elicit a conditioned response (salivation). This is a learning strategy which is used in developing a particular response or pattern of thinking.