Question

After Sabrina heard about Jenny's experiment, she wanted to try something with her own cat. Sabrina's cat, Jasmine, tends to follow her around the house (unless she's sleeping). When Sabrina feeds her, She puts her food dish on the floor. One day a few weeks ago, Sabrina tried a new procedure. After she put the food dish on the floor, She would snap her fingers, which was paired with her eating the food and licking her chops (yum!). One night about a week ago, a half hour or so before Sabrina normally feeds her, they were sitting on the couch. Sabrina decided to try snapping her fingers to see if there was any classical conditioning — Jasmine looked at Sabrina and licked her chops!

1. What is the Unconditioned stimulus?
2. What is the Unconditioned response?
3. What is the conditioned response?

Answer 1

The unconditioned stimulus is the food, the unconditioned response is the cat's salivation, and the conditioned response is looking and licking when Sabrina snaps her fingers.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this scenario, the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) is the food that Sabrina puts in Jasmine's dish, as it naturally elicits a response from Jasmine. The unconditioned response (UCR) is Jasmine's salivation in anticipation of the food when she sees the food dish. The conditioned response (CR) is Jasmine looking at Sabrina and licking her chops when Sabrina snaps her fingers before feeding her. This response has been learned through classical conditioning.