Question

Yanna used to date a man who wore a lime-scented aftershave. yanna was very attracted to this man, and now when she smells the scent of lime, she finds herself feeling slightly aroused. in this example, the man yanna used to date is the

Answer 1

The man that yanna used to date is the US or Unconditioned Stimulus. In the Classical conditioning also known as learning process, the US or unconditioned stimulus is one that naturally, unconditionally, and automatically triggers a response. For example, when we are in the house, mom cook dinner and it is your favorite food, you immediately feel hungry.

Answer 2

The answer is unconditioned stimulus or us. In classical conditioning, it is an unlearned response that happens unsurprisingly in response to the unconditioned stimulus. For instance, the man that yanna used to date is the unconditioned stimulus, she remembers the smell of lime in response to the person is the unconditioned response.

The conditioned response here is the scent of lime. A conditioned response was a neutral stimulus before, then after becoming linked with the unconditioned stimulus, it triggered this kind of response. In this case the scent was nothing but after sometime, it activated the feeling of arousal.