Question

Sue noticed that whenever she opened the door to the pantry, her dog would come into the kitchen and act hungry, by drooling and whining. she thought that because the dog food was stored in the pantry, the sound of the door had become a(n) _______________. A. unconditioned stimulus. B. conditioned stimulus. C. unconditioned response. D. conditioned response.

Answer 1

The answer is B. conditioned stimulus.

Step-by-step explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus (in this case the sound of the door) is associated with an outcome (unconditioned stimulus), thus provoking a reaction (unconditioned response).

This was explained by Ivan Pavlov, who carried out an experiment in which he rang a bell every time he was going to feed a dog. Soon, the dog would start salivating at the sound of the bell.