Question

Calvin was chased and assaulted by an aggressive rooster when he was just barely three years old. As an adult he still won’t go near or even be around a rooster and he even gets a little anxious when he hears the word rooster. He also claims that all birds make him nervous. In this example, what is the conditioned stimulus?.

Answer 1

ECalvin was chased and assaulted by an aggressive rooster when he was just barely three years

old. As an adult he still won’t go near or even be around a rooster and he even gets a little

anxious when he hears the word rooster. He also claims that all birds make him nervous. In

addition to identifying the UCS, etc, identify why even the word rooster causes him a little

anxiety and why he feels anxiety toward all birds. UCS = Assault; UCR = Fear of Assault;

CS = Rooster; CR = Fear of roosters; The word rooster has been associated with the

primary CS (rooster) and has become a secondary CS (higher-order conditioning). All

birds make Calvin a little nervous because of stimulus generalization.

3. Suzy goes outside to play in her tree house. A swarm of bees has nested near her house, and

she gets stung several times when she climbs up to the tree house. This happens 3 times in a

week. Suzy then becomes afraid to go near the tree and cries violently when her dad tries to

get her to climb up to the tree house. UCS = Getting stung; UCR = Pain (fear of getting

stung); CS = Tree house; CR = Fear of Tree House.

4. Jerry’s wife, Mary, gets a new nightgown and wears it whenever she is in the mood for s