Examine the different parts of classical conditioning. Be sure to identify the UCS, UCR, CS, and CR.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which an organism learns to connect, or associate, stimuli. In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus (such as the sight of a person) becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus (such as food) and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response. There are two types of stimuli and two types of responses: unconditioned stimulus (UCS), unconditioned response (UCR), conditioned stimulus (CS), and conditioned response (CR). An unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is a stimulus that automatically produces a response without any prior learning. Food was the UCS in Pavlov's experiments. An unconditioned response (UCR) is an unlearned response that is automatically elicited by the UCS. In Pavlov's experiments, the dog's salivation in response to food was the UCR. A conditioned stimulus (CS) is a previously neutral stimulus that eventually elicits a conditioned response after being associated with the UCS. Among the conditioned stimuli in Pavlov's experiments were various sights and sounds that occurred prior to the dog's actually eating the food, such as the sound of the door closing before the food was placed in the dog's dish. A conditioned response (CR) is a learned response to the conditioned stimulus that occurs after UCS-CS pairing.
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