Question

Mina is ten years old and is undergoing chemotherapy. when she goes into the treatment center for her fourth treatment, mina experiences nausea before the treatment even begins. her nausea had been triggered by the sight of the treatment room. in this example, the treatment room was the

Answer 1

In this example, the treatment room was the conditioned stimulus.

A conditioned stimulus (CS) is a previously neutral stimulus, that when repeatedly followed by an unconditioned stimulus (UCS), elicits the same response as the UCS. In this example, the CS is the treatment room, because this CS by itself elicits a response of nausea in Mina.