Question

Sven eats popcorn every time he goes to the movies. He goes to a new theatre with no concessions and finds that his mouth is watering for popcorn the entire time. In this example, what is the conditioned stimulus?

Question 10 options:
a)
eating popcorn
b)
the concession stand
c)
watching a movie
d)
wanting popcorn

Answer 1

In this example, the conditioned stimulus is watching a movie. Sven has associated the act of watching a movie with eating popcorn.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this example, the conditioned stimulus is watching a movie. The reason is that Sven has associated the act of watching a movie with eating popcorn. Initially, popcorn was the unconditioned stimulus that caused Sven's mouth to water (unconditioned response). But over time, the neutral stimulus of watching a movie became associated with eating popcorn, and now it elicits the conditioned response of wanting popcorn.