Question

For ten days in a row Frank felt a static electric shock when he kissed his wife while standing on the living room carpet. Now he feels mildly anxious whenever he approaches his wife to kiss her. In classical conditioning, his wife was a(n) _____ stimulus ten days ago, and has now become a(n) _____ stimulus. unconditioned; conditioned unconditioned; neutral neutral; unconditioned neutral; conditioned

Answer 1

Answer: neutral, conditioned

Explanation:

Neutral stimulus is a stimulus which initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention.

Conditioned stimulus; is a previously a neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.