Question

Susan wants to use classical conditioning to teach her cat to come to her whenever she calls him. In this case, before training occurs, Susan’s voice would be considered to be the:

(a) CS(b) US(c) CR(d) UR

Answer 1

(a) CS

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario Susan's voice would be considered to be the Conditioned Stimulus. This term refers to a previously neutral stimulus, that is later used in combination with an unconditioned stimulus in order to produce a conditioned response. Which in this scenario she is combining her voice with the name of the cat to produce the conditioned response of him coming to her.