Read the following scenario and then label the stimuli and responses. Benny deci

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Read the following scenario and then label the stimuli and responses. Benny decides to teach his fish to swim to the top of the fish bowl. Currently, his fish swim to the top of the bowl only after he feeds them. Benny uses a flashlight to shine light in the bowl before sprinkling in the fish food. After a week, when Benny shines a light in the bowl, the fish swim to the top of the tank whether or not he has sprinkled in food. Unconditioned Stimulus fish food d unconditioned Response light from the flashlight Neutral Stimulus -Conditioned Stimulus swim to the top of the tank Conditioned Response

Explanation / Answer

In classical conditioning when a neutral stimulus is associated with a natural stimulus or unconditioned stimulus it evokes conditioned response.

Unconditioned stimulus ---> fish food.

Unconditioned response ---> swim to the top of the tank.

Neutral stimulus ---> light from the flashlight.

Conditioned stimulus ---> light from the flash light.

Conditioned response ---> swim to the top of the tank.

In this example, the neutral stimulus of flashlight when associated with the unconditioned stimulus of fish food, hence, when the flashlight goes on the fish gives the conditioned response and swims to the top of the tank for food.

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