The unconditioned response doesn’t require any prior learning for it to happen.
Instead, it’s the involuntary, automatic reaction to a particular stimulus.
The unconditioned response is the reaction that people naturally have to the unconditioned stimulus.
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An unconditioned response example would be startling when you hear a loud noise.
Classical conditioning can be a powerful tool for learning andbehavior change.
That immediate, unlearned reaction is an excellent example of an unconditioned response.
It occurs without any bang out of learning or training.
InPavlov’s classic experiment, the food represents what is known as theunconditioned stimulus(UCS).
The UCS naturally and automatically triggers a response.
Pavlov’s dogs salivating in response to the food is an example of the unconditioned response.
At this point, salivating in response to the sound of the buzzer became theconditioned response.
Unconditioned Response vs.
In this example, the vapors from the onions represent the unconditioned stimulus.
They automatically and naturally trigger the crying response, which is the unconditioned response.
Pavlov found, however, that extinction does not lead to the subject returning to their previously unconditioned state.
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