Question

1. a driver on an icy road goes into a slide and gets into an accident. after this incident, the driver automatically tenses up whenever it snows and cannot drive. they now associate the snow with the accident. based on classical conditioning, what is the snow?

multiple choice
unconditioned stimulus
unconditioned response
conditioned response
conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (the accident, which naturally caused stress), now triggers a conditioned response (tensing up). The snow was originally neutral, but after being associated with the accident, it now elicits the tense reaction, making it the conditioned stimulus.

Answer:

D. conditioned stimulus