Question

Imagine that you flinch after seeing lightning because in previous instances the lightning is followed by thunder, which scared you. In this scenario, lightning can be interpreted as being a(n):

A. unconditioned stimulus
B. unconditioned response
C. conditioned stimulus
D. conditioned response

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is c). Conditioned stimulus

Explanation: Conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus, stimulates the response produced by the unconditioned stimulus itself. Here, lightning is the conditioned stimulus which was a neutral stimulus initially but when the thunder followed which caused the flinching (the unconditioned stimulus), you associate thunder with lightning. So subsequently, whenever there is a lighting, you flinch because you have associated thunder with lightning.

Answer 2

Answer:

conditioned stimulus ( C )

Explanation:

A conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral/unconditional stimulus that has been learned by a person or something and the person responds to in a certain way anytime is occurs .

while an unconditional stimulus occurs naturally and triggers a person to respond spontaneously without learning the stimulus previously.

so when you finch after seeing lightning every time you see the lighting is a certain way of response because you have learnt overtime that the lightning is usually followed by a thunder.