Question

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank. After a while, he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.a. amount of fish food dropped into the tankb. presence of Alan near the aquariumc. fish foodd. aquarium light

Answer 1

fish food

Step-by-step explanation:

When a neutral stimulus is combined with an unconditioned stimulus, the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus and the response which it incites is the conditioned stimulus.

Here, the neutral stimulus is the light and the unconditioned stimulus is the food. As both of them are paired the light becomes the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned response is the fish looking for food.