Asked by Harley Appenzeller on May 17, 2024

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Sahid cringes every time he hears a dentist's drill, even when he is sitting in the waiting room of his dentist's office. In this example, cringing in the waiting room is

A) an unconditioned response.
B) a conditioned stimulus.
C) a conditioned response.
D) an unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A conditioned reaction acquired through training to a stimulus that usually doesn't elicit a response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In traditional conditioning, a stimulus that inherently and effortlessly elicits a reaction without the need for prior learning.

Unconditioned Response

An instinctive, unlearned reaction to an external stimulus that takes place without beforehand learning or conditioning.

  • Discern the varieties of stimuli (conditioned, unconditioned) and responses (conditioned, unconditioned) present in illustrations of classical conditioning.
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Sydney HodisonMay 18, 2024
Final Answer :
C
Explanation :
Sahid's cringing at the sound of the dentist's drill is a learned response, not a natural or instinctual response, which makes it a conditioned response. The sound of the dentist's drill is a conditioned stimulus because it was paired with a negative experience (pain) in the past, which led to the development of Sahid's fear of the sound. Therefore, the correct answer is (C) a conditioned response.