Question

As a child, you were playing in the yard one day when a neighbor's cat wandered over. Your mother (who has a terrible fear of animals) screamed and snatched you into her arms. Her behavior caused you to cry. You now have a fear of cats. Identify the UR.

a. your mother's behavior
b. your crying
c. the cat
d. your fear today
e. your crying

Answer 1

e. your crying

Step-by-step explanation:

UR: The term UR is also referred to as the unconditioned response in the experiment of classical conditioning which was proposed by a famous psychologist named Ivan Pavlov.

In classical conditioning, the unconditioned response is any reflex action which is naturally elicited through a particular stimulus without the involvement of the learning process. The unconditioned response is the behavior that arises from a particular stimulus and occurs naturally.

In the question above, according to the given statement, the UR would be "your crying".