Answer:
Is initially neutral, and then comes to trigger a response.
Explanation:
In classical conditioning the conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus which gradually comes to cause a conditioned response after being associated with the unconditioned stimulus. Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which a conditioned stimulus is combined with an unrelated unconditioned stimulus to elicit a behavioral response known as a conditioned response. A response occurs with more regularity in a well-specified, stable environment. One of the key components of conditioning is a conditioned environment.
Answer:
The correct answer is: Is initially neutral, and then comes to trigger a response.
Explanation:
Classical conditioning occurs when a previously neutral stimulus is consistently paired with an unconditioned stimulus that triggers an unconditioned response till the point where the previously neutral stimulus transforms itself into a conditioned stimulus.
For example:
Previously neutral stimulus: sound of a bell
UC stimulus: Food
UR: Salivate
If the food gets associated with the sound of the bell, by only hearing the bell without the presence of food, a dog would salivate. (CS-CR).
