Kelly's parents always leave her with the same baby-sitter when they go out. Within minutes of the sitter's arrival, her parents are gone. Kelly's baby-sitter comes to her birthday party; as soon as Kelly sees her, she begins to cry. Using the principles of classical conditioning, explain why Kelly cried when she saw the baby-sitter
What will be an ideal response?
This is an example of classical conditioning-the US (Kelly's parents leaving) is a stimulus that elicits a UR (crying) without previous conditioning. The CS (the baby-sitter) is a previously neutral stimulus that has acquired the capacity to elicit a CR through association with the US (parents leaving). The CR (crying at the baby-sitter) is a learned reaction to a CS. Through repeated pairing of the parents leaving (US) and the baby-sitter arriving (CS), Kelly has learned that the arrival of her baby-sitter means her parents are leaving, thus she cries.
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