Question

When Luna was sick with the flu, her mom gave her Gatorade to drink. Soon after drinking it, she threw up. Now she hates the taste of Gatorade and even feels nauseous when she sees the bottles on the grocery store shelf. Identify the conditioned response.

Answer 1

The conditioned response is a feeling of nausea.

Explanation: Conditioning is the phenomenon whereby a response or reaction is associated to a particular stimuli.

For example when a dog salivates at the sound of a bell, because it has been conditioned to expect food whenever it hears the sound.

Therefore in the case of Luna above, because she threw up after drinking Gatorade, she has associated the response of throwing up to the taste of Gatorade, and even the sight of the bottles evoke the reaction of nausea. This means that Luna has been conditioned to feel nauseous when she sees Gatorade.

Answer 2

feeling nauseous

Step-by-step explanation:

The conditioned response, in classical conditioning, is the response that is elicited by a conditioned stimulus (a previously neutral stimulus). In the example given in the above question, seeing a bottle on the grocery store shelf is a neutral stimulus which initially did not elicit any nauseous feeling, but is now become a conditioned stimulus that elicits a nauseous feeling, which is a conditioned response.