An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation, the CONDITIONED response is the __________.
A) increased heartbeat
B) female's picture
C) sound of the buzzer
D) viewing of the picture

Question

An experimenter finds that a certain male subject always has an increased heartbeat when he sees a picture of a nude female. The experimenter sounds a buzzer and then presents such a picture. The experimenter repeats this procedure until the man responds with an increased heartbeat to the sound of the buzzer alone. In this situation, the CONDITIONED response is the __________.
A) increased heartbeat
B) female's picture
C) sound of the buzzer
D) viewing of the picture

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The increased heartbeat in response to the buzzer, after conditioning, is the conditioned response. Initially, the increased heartbeat was a natural response to the picture (unconditioned stimulus). After pairing the sound of the buzzer (conditioned stimulus) with the picture, the increased heartbeat becomes a conditioned response to the buzzer alone.

An Experimenter Finds That a Certain Male Subject Always Has