Using classical conditioning, how would you condition a person to eye blink when hearing a song? Make sure you specify the NS, UCS, UCR, CS, and CR
What will be an ideal response?
Step 1 . Selecting Stimulus and Response
A neutral stimulus (NS) is some stimulus that causes a sensory response, such as being seen, heard, or smelled, but does not produce the reflex being tested. In this case, the song is the NS.
An unconditioned stimulus, or UCS, is some stimulus that triggers or elicits a physiological reflex, such as salivation or eye blink. You might select a puff of air to elicit an eyeblink.
The unconditioned response, or UCR, is an unlearned, innate, involuntary physiological reflex that is elicited by the unconditioned stimulus. In this case, the UCR is an eyeblink.
Step 2 . Establishing Classical Conditioning
A common procedure to establish classical conditioning is to present the neutral stimulus and then, a short time later, to present the unconditioned stimulus. In this example, you would present the song followed by a puff of air to the eye.
Step 3 . Testing for Conditioning
After you have given 10 to 100 trials, you will test for classical conditioning. You test by presenting the song without the unconditioned stimulus (the air puff to the eye). If conditioning has been achieved, the formerly neutral stimulus (the song) will have become a conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicits the conditioned response (CR) of eyeblinking.
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