Question

Ever since she foolishly drank too much tequila at a rock concert and vomited all over her best friend, erin becomes nauseous at the smell or taste of tequila. in this example, the conditioned stimulus is _____ and the conditioned response is the nausea.

Answer 1

The conditioned stimulus is the smell of tequila.

Step-by-step explanation:

In classical conditioning, a determined behavior appears and is reinforced by the association of stimulus to a response.

• In this case we can see that the tequila was the unconditioned stimulus and the smell was a neutral stimulus.

• By mixing both stimulus, the girl vomited which was an unconditioned response.
• The nausea became a conditioned responde and the smell of tequila became a conditioned stimulus.

Given the facts, we can conclude that the conditioned stimulus now created a conditioned response, even without any drinking involved.