Question

Consider the following situation for Questions 8-10: Colleen is on her morning jog, while listening to her favorite song. Not paying attention, she goes to cross the street and is narrowly missed by a semi-truck. Colleen is very upset and visibly shaking and crying. Over the next few days she finds herself bursting into tears. Two weeks later, after the symptoms subside, Colleen is listening to the radio in her car. She hears her favorite song again and she starts shaking and begins to cry. Question 8 (1 pt.) Homework. Unanswered What kind of conditioning has occurred to cause Colleen to shake and cry nearly 2 weeks after the incident? Unanswered Submit Question 9 (4 pts.) Homework - Unanswered In this scenario, what is the a) CS b)US C)CR d)UR Unanswered Submit Question 10 (2 pt.) Homework - Unanswered Another band released a new version of Colleen's favorite song. When Colleen hears it, she starts shaking and crying. What reason could you give for Colleen's behavior?

Answer 1

Answer with expalnation

1. Classical conditioning has occurred. ( Classical conditioning is a learning procedure in which a previously neutral stimulus aquires the ability to elicit a conditioned response after pairing with an unconditional stimulus.)
2. In this scenerio
   • US ( unconditional stimulus) : narrowly missed by a semi-truck.
   • UR(unconditional response) : shaking and crying.
   • CS (conditional stimulus) : Listening to favorite song.
   • CR(conditional response) : shaking and crying.
3. This phenomenon is called generalization. ( Generalisation is when an individual responds in the same way to different but similar stimuli.)