Question

To keep her young daughter Clare from touching a hot stove, Mrs. Franklin loudly claps her hands, startling the child every time Clare comes near the stove. Now, every time Clare gets too near the stove, she quickly moves away from it. According to the classical conditioning paradigm, the neutral stimulus in this scenario is the _____________, the unconditioned stimulus is the ______________, and the unconditioned response is the ________________.

Answer 1

The stove, the loud hand-clap, fear.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the classical conditioning paradigm, the neutral stimulus in this scenario is the stove, the unconditioned stimulus is the loud hand-clap, and the unconditioned response is fear. Fear is an unconditioned response. It has been linked to the loud clapping of the hands that her mother made every time she got near the stove. Before the association, the stove was a neutral stimulus.