Question

You have a meal at a fast food restaurant that causes food poisoning. The next time you see a sign for that restaurant, you feel nauseated. In this example, identify the classical conditioning components.

A. CS, US, CR, UR
B. CS, UR, CR, US
C. CR, CS, UR, US
D. UR, US, CS, CR

Answer 1

In the described case of classical conditioning, the food poisoning represents the unconditioned stimulus (US), the initial nausea is the unconditioned response (UR), the restaurant sign becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS), and the subsequent nausea is the conditioned response (CR). The correct order is CS, UR, CR, US, making option B the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the scenario where feeling nauseated upon seeing a fast food restaurant sign after experiencing food poisoning, the components of classical conditioning present are: unconditioned stimulus (US), unconditioned response (UR), conditioned stimulus (CS), and conditioned response (CR). Within the context of this event:

• The food poisoning is the US, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response.
• The nausea that follows from the food poisoning is the UR, the natural reaction to the US.
• The sign for the restaurant is the CS, a previously neutral stimulus that, after being associated with the US, now triggers a conditioned response.
• The feeling of nausea when seeing the restaurant sign after the initial event is the CR, which is the acquired response to the conditioned stimulus.

So, the correct correlation of the classical conditioning components in this example is US (food poisoning), UR (initial nausea), CS (restaurant sign), and CR (subsequent nausea). Therefore, the correct answer is B. CS, UR, CR, US.