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Classical Conditioning Practices Worksheet ELECTRONIC-1

The document provides several scenarios depicting classical conditioning and asks the reader to identify the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, neutral stimulus that becomes the conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response for each scenario. The scenarios start out simple and increase in difficulty. The reader is asked to provide their answers in a different color.

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Classical Conditioning Practices Worksheet ELECTRONIC-1

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Classical Conditioning Practices

Below are several scenarios depicting classical conditioning. Read each story and try to determine the unconditioned
stimulus (US), unconditioned response (UR), neutral stimulus which becomes the conditioned stimulus (NS  CS), and
conditioned response (CR). The scenarios increase in difficulty as the worksheet progresses.

*Please type your answers in a different color so it is easier for my sad old eyes to grade

Steps for answering each scenario:


1. Start by figuring out the NATURALLY OCCURING, UNLEARNED, BIOLOGICAL stimulus and response connection in
each scenario. This will help you identify the unconditioned stimulus (US) and unconditioned response (UR).
Remember, the word unconditioned means “unlearned”, aka “naturally occurring.
2. Then identify the stimulus that at first has no connection to the story or US or UR. This will be the neutral
stimulus (NS). The neutral stimulus always becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS) (or some close derivative of
it). This process is called “acquisition.”
3. The conditioned response (CR) will usually be the same as the unconditioned response (UR) (or some close
derivative of it.) The point of classical conditioning is that a behavior begins as UNCONDITIONED (unlearned) and
becomes CONDITIONED (learned).
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Feed Yo Cat
Mr. Okisiuta goes to the humane society and adopts a brand new kitten named Gretta. He takes his
wonderful fur ball home and presents her a delicious dish of yellowfin tuna and shrimp, which Mr.
Oksiuta caught fresh from the sea with his bare hands. Upon presentation of her meal, Gretta begins
salivating. For the next week, Mr. Oksiuta whistles right before he presents Gretta with her food.
Eventually, Gretta begins salivating just from hearing Mr. Oksiuta’s whistle alone.

1. What is the unconditioned stimulus (US)? Food

2. What is the unconditioned response (UR)? Drooling

3. What is the neutral stimulus (NS) that becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS)? Whistling

4. What is the conditioned response (CR)? Drooling

Crystal Maiden
It is winter time for Rylai! Although she lives in South Carolina, an unusually cold winter has caused a
snowfall in January. Rylai goes outside and immediately regrets her decision. The extremely low
temperature causes Rylai to shiver in an attempt to warm her body up. As this is happening, Rylai
also sees her first snowfall as small crystal flakes drop from the sky. As the harsh winter continues,
Rylai notices something else as the weeks progress—sometims when she wakes up in the morning
and sees snow outside her window, she shivers even though it is 75 degrees in her room!

1. What is the unconditioned stimulus (US)? Snow

2. What is the unconditioned response (UR)? Shivering

3. What is the neutral stimulus (NS) that becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS)? Seeing snow

4. What is the conditioned response (CR)? Shivering


You Paid for This?
It’s another lunch day at Oregon High school, which means chicken is on the menu. Aaron loves chicken,
though, so he’s a happy kid. As he’s devouring “nuggets” of the dead bird, he suddenly gets sick and
projectile vomits everywhere! It turns out the chicken wasn’t cooked long enough. From that day on, just
hearing that chikcen is on the lunch menu during the daily announcements start to make Aaron feel sick.

1. What is the unconditioned stimulus (US)? Under cooked chicken

2. What is the unconditioned response (UR)? Sick

3. What is the neutral stimulus (NS) that becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS)? Hearing about chicken

4. What is the conditioned response (CR)? Sick

Nose Hair Double-Take


Jamal goes in for his yearly eye check-up. As part of his examination, the doctor needs to shoot a puff
of air into Jamal’s eye to check for glaucoma. This quick puff causes Jamal’s eye to reflexively blink a
few times. However, the doctor has to get extremeley close to Jamal with his head tiled up when he
performs the test, and Jamal can quite clearly see the doctor’s nose hair sprouting out of his nostril
when this happens. Curiously, whenever Jamal goes to trim his own nose hari in the mirror, he
somteims can’t stop blinking.

1. What is the unconditioned stimulus (US)? Puff of air

2. What is the unconditioned response (UR)? Blinking

3. What is the neutral stimulus (NS) that becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS)? Nose hair

4. What is the conditioned response (CR)? Blinking

Stop Flushing!
Kanjuchi is an Oregon High School senior. She is pretty typical in that she has great difficulty
getting up in the morning. Still, she forces herself out of bed and into the shower when her alarm
goes off. Sometimes the water will turn scalding hot and Kanjuchi will begin screaming in pain. The
reason for this is that her little brother, Tukufu, will flush the toilet. The pipes are connected which
causes the change in water temperature. After enough occurences of this happening, Kanjuchi has
learned to quickly jump out of the shower when she hears the toilet flush.

1. What is the unconditioned stimulus (US)? Hot water

2. What is the unconditioned response (UR)? Jumps out of shower

3. What is the neutral stimulus (NS) that becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS)? Toilet flushing

4. What is the conditioned response (CR)? Jumping out of the shower

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