Question

Every week, Jade spends her allowance on ½-pound of sour lemon gummy candies, even though they always make her mouth water. One day, as she is walking down the street, Jade sees a girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! Jade notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with saliva. In this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the________. a. little white bag b. puckering and saliva c. allowance money d. sour lemon e. gummy candy

Answer 1

E, gummy candy

Explanation:

An unconditioned stimulus is any stimulus that can cause a natural unconditioned response, even if the organism has no prior experience with the stimulus.

In this scenario, Jade's mouth became puckering and overflowing with saliva, which is the Unconditioned response, at the sight of the bag that looks like a candy shop bag.

This shows that the sight of candy stimulated the unconditioned response. Therefore, the gummy candy is the unconditioned stimulus