Classical Conditioning
UCS- The unconditioned stimulus in this experiment is the air coming out of the straw. When the air is blown into the eye, the eye automatically blinks. This is a natural reaction and has no other foreign variables acting upon it to influence the blinking. An unconditioned stimulus triggers an automatic response. UCR- The unconditioned response in this experiment is the eye blinking after being blown into. As stated earlier, this response is unlearned and happens without the subject having to think about it to happen.
CS- The conditioned stimulus in this experiment is the verbal act of saying “One, Two, Three!”. Unlike the UCS, the conditioned stimulus does not cause a natural reaction. It has to be learned. In this experiment, the subject’s brain pairs the gust of air coming from the straw and the words together. The words “One, Two, Three!” do not make a person blink naturally, but they do when they are simultaneously said with the blow of air. …show more content…
It is not the response to the air being blown, but a learned response to the words. After multiple trials, the subject associates the words and the actual blow of air together. So, when the words are said the subject blinks. Extinction- Extinction occurred during the third trial. The first two times I did the procedure without blowing into the straw, my subject blinked. When I tried it a third time my subject did not blink. He seemed to catch onto the experiment and realized I was not blowing into the straw. I think this happened on the third trial because the first time he blinked immediately when I said it, the second time he hesitated for a split second and then blinked, and the final time he came to realization that I actually was not blowing into the
UCS- The unconditioned stimulus in this experiment is the air coming out of the straw. When the air is blown into the eye, the eye automatically blinks. This is a natural reaction and has no other foreign variables acting upon it to influence the blinking. An unconditioned stimulus triggers an automatic response. UCR- The unconditioned response in this experiment is the eye blinking after being blown into. As stated earlier, this response is unlearned and happens without the subject having to think about it to happen.
CS- The conditioned stimulus in this experiment is the verbal act of saying “One, Two, Three!”. Unlike the UCS, the conditioned stimulus does not cause a natural reaction. It has to be learned. In this experiment, the subject’s brain pairs the gust of air coming from the straw and the words together. The words “One, Two, Three!” do not make a person blink naturally, but they do when they are simultaneously said with the blow of air. …show more content…
It is not the response to the air being blown, but a learned response to the words. After multiple trials, the subject associates the words and the actual blow of air together. So, when the words are said the subject blinks. Extinction- Extinction occurred during the third trial. The first two times I did the procedure without blowing into the straw, my subject blinked. When I tried it a third time my subject did not blink. He seemed to catch onto the experiment and realized I was not blowing into the straw. I think this happened on the third trial because the first time he blinked immediately when I said it, the second time he hesitated for a split second and then blinked, and the final time he came to realization that I actually was not blowing into the