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Psychology Honors
2/2/16
Stimulus and Response
Part A
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What is another word for “conditioning”?
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Answer the following questions about the process of classical conditioning.
1. What is the natural response to each stimulus listed below?
Stimulus
Response
A dog sees food.
You put your hand on a lit candle.
A bright light is shined into your eyes.
You stub your toe.
You see your teacher has candy.
2. Are your responses you wrote conditioned or unconditioned? Why?
Part B
Design your own example of an unconditioned stimulus followed by an unconditioned response.
Unconditioned Stimulus
Unconditioned Response
Part C
Answer the following questions about the process of classical conditioning.
1. In the following examples, the unconditioned stimulus is paired repeatedly with a neutral
stimulus. What is the response to the paired stimuli?
Neutral Stimulus
Response?
+ Unconditioned Stimulus->
A bell rings.
+
A dog sees food.
A door slams.
+
You put your hand on a lit
candle.
You got shot by a Nerf gun.
+
A bright light is shined into
your eyes.
A picture of Mr. Baird appears.
+
You stub your toe.
A whistle is blown.
+
You see your teacher has
candy.
2. Are the responses you wrote conditioned or unconditioned? Why?
Part D
Design your own example of an unconditioned stimulus that is paired with a neutral stimulus and
produces a response. You may use the same unconditioned stimulus you designed in PART B.
Neutral Stimulus
+
+
Unconditioned Stimulus->
Response
Part E
Answer the following questions about the process of classical conditioning.
1. In the following examples, the unconditioned stimulus from PART C has been removed.
However, you can assume that the stimulus presented has been paired with the unconditioned
stimulus as described in PART C. What is the response to each of the conditioned stimuli?
Conditioned Stimulus-
Conditioned Response
A bell rings.
A door slams.
You got shot by a Nerf gun.
A picture of Mr. Baird appears.
A whistle is blown.
2. Are the responses you wrote conditioned or unconditioned? Why?
3. Would each stimulus listed above have caused the response if it had not been paired with the
unconditioned stimulus earlier in PART C?
Part F
Design your own example of a conditioned stimulus that produces a conditioned response. You may
use the example from PARTS B & D.
Conditioned Stimulus
--
--
Conditioned Response
Part G (Turn this in before leaving)
Using the model of classical conditioning, design TWO examples of how actions become superstitions.
Identify the unconditioned stimulus, the neutral stimulus, and the conditioned response. Then write
the superstition.
EXAMPLE:
Neutral Stimulus
+
Unconditioned Stimulus
=
Conditioned Response
Touching your hat
+
Get 2 strikes on a batter
while pitching.
=
Strike out the batter
Superstition: Touching your hat= strike out the batter
Neutral Stimulus
+
Unconditioned Stimulus
=
Conditioned Response
+
Unconditioned Stimulus
=
Conditioned Response
Superstition:
Neutral Stimulus
Superstition: