Question

While driving down the highway, Jane sees a roadside sign advertising cheeseburgers. Jane begins to salivate. In terms of classical conditioning, the sign displaying the cheeseburgers would be the __________.

Answer 1

Conditioned Stimulus

Step-by-step explanation:

Ivan Pavlov is credited for the conceptual discovery of classical conditioning. He explained the phenomenon that conditioned stimulus elicits conditioned response in an individual, which is the learned response to the previously neutral stimulus.

Conditioned stimulus is an involuntary response to an event making a behavioral pattern.

Example: When Jane drives down the highway, begins to salivate seeing advertisement of cheeseburger. Such response is in accordance with the classical conditioning of Jane with cheeseburgers. Thus, salivating is the Conditioned Stimulus of Jane.