Stimulus and Response Science

Identify the stimulus: You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree.  He starts to growl and shows his teeth.  You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction. 

• Dog growling and showing teeth
• walking in opposite direction
• walking home from school
• tree

Identify the response:
You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree.  He starts to growl and shows his teeth.  You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction. 

• dog growling and showing teeth
• you quickly turn and walk away
• tree
• dog

Identify the stimulus:
You are at the mall walking through the food court. You smell fresh baked pizza and realize that you skipped lunch.  You buy a piece of pizza and eat it before going to buy your CD.

• the smell of pizza
• buying a pizza
• food court
• buying the CD

Identify the response:
You are at the mall walking through the food court. You smell fresh baked pizza and realize that you skipped lunch.  You buy a piece of pizza and eat it before going to buy your CD

• the smell of pizza
• buying a piece of pizza
• buying the CD
• food court

Identify the stimulus

• hunger
• thirst
• blinking
• eating

Identify the response

• hunger
• thirst
• eating
• smelling

Shark swims toward the direction of blood.

• Stimulus
• Response

Plant grows toward the direction of sunlight.

• Stimulus
• Response

A person feels the heat of a hot stove.

• Stimulus
• Response

A bat hears the flapping wings of an insect.

• Stimulus
• Response