Classical Conditioning

Tamara normally feeds her cat canned cat food. She noticed that every time she uses her electric can opener, her cat comes to the kitchen. What is the conditioned stimulus?

• The cat food
• The sound of the electric can opener
• The cat coming to the kitchen
• Tamara

When John turns on the light to his aquarium the fish swim to the top even before he sprinkles the food.  What used to be a neutral stimulus for the fish?

• the food
• the water
• the light
• John

When Elijah was a child, he spent many happy weekends with his grandmother and they had lots of fun baking scones together. Now whenever Elijah smells freshly baking scones he feels happy. The happiness he felt from spending time baking with his grandmother is...

• An unconditioned stimulus 
• An unconditioned response
• A conditioned stimulus 
• A conditioned response

Six weeks ago Jacob ate a chicken sandwich that was contaminated with bacteria.  It gave him food poisoning and he was very ill for several days afterwards. Yesterday, someone offered Jacob a chicken sandwich at a party, and when he saw it he felt ill again. The illness that Jacob felt yesterday was

• An unconditioned response
• A conditioned response
• A conditioned stimulus
• An unconditioned stimulus 

Freddie’s mother buys him a sailor’s cap before they go on a family fishing trip. On the boat, Freddie gets nauseated and vomits. Th e next day he gets nauseated just from looking at the sailor’s cap. The sailor’s cap has become:

• The unconditioned stimulus

• The conditioned stimulus

• The conditioned response

• The unconditioned response