Question

Most people like the color blue; it is the favorite color of many people. Do we like blue because we associate it with activities we have enjoyed under a blue sky? Maybe we choose blue cars and blue shirts because we are classically conditioned to respond favorable to blue.

What is the unconditioned stimulus?

What is the unconditioned response?

What is the conditioned stimulus?

What is the conditioned response?

​Why do we like blue cars and blue shirts?

Many people don’t like liver and other organ meats.

Can this be explained by classical conditioning? How?

Answer 1

Unconditioned stimulus - Unconditioned stimulus is any stimulus that elicits a natural response from an individual blue sky is the unconditioned stimulus

Unconditioned response is the natural response elicited by the unconditioned stimulus. 'Choosing blue cars or blue shirts' is the unconditioned response.

Conditioned stimulus - During conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus but after conditioning, this neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus because of the repeated associations between the unconditioned stimulus and the neutral stimulus. The conditioned stimulus is the color 'blue' as the sky, which is the unconditioned stimulus, is associated with the color blue.

Conditioned response is similar to the unconditioned response. The only difference being that the unconditioned response has now become a conditioned response. ''Choosing a blue car or blue shirts" is the conditioned response.

We like blue cars, blue shirts, and anything that is related to the color blue because we are classically conditioned to respond favorably to the color blue as it is associated with feeling good.

Many people don't like liver and other organ meats because there is a socioeconomic stigma related to organ meats as it was often given to poor, homeless children as 'scraps' during the Great Depression. People also associate it with untidy and unclean meat. This age-long conditioning makes them avoid organ meat altogether.