8) Kitties and Clickers Psychologists like to experiment on other organisms in t

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8) Kitties and Clickers Psychologists like to experiment on other organisms in their immediate environment, so Jenny decided to perform a few experiments on her kitty, Precious. Jenny had a little clicker that makes a loud 'CLICK' sound She walked around the house, randomly clicking while Precious rested in the living room. Then Jenny sat down with Precious, and used the flash on her camera to flash a bright light at the same time she clicked. Precious blinked because of the flash, and looked mildly annoyed. Jenny repeated this process with her 4 times, then clicked the clicker, without using the flash. She still blinked! (She also looked very unhappy) 1. What is the unconditioned stimulus? 2. What is the unconditioned response? 3. What is the neutral stimulus that becomes the conditioned stimulus? 4. What is the conditioned response?

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1. The camera flash is the unconditioned stimulus.

2. The blinking of the eyes due to annoyance is the unconditioned response in the cat.

3. The clicking sound of the clicker is the neutral stimulus.

4. The blinking of eye in displeasure by the cat in response to the clicking sound is the conditioned response.

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