Unconditioned Stimulus And Unconditioned Response Examples
An unconditioned response is an automatic reaction to something.
Unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response examples. Certain animals bitter tastes elicit a response such as running away or spitting out the bitter food. Examples of a conditioned response suppose that the smell of food is an unconditioned stimulus and a feeling of hunger is the unconditioned response. For example placing food powder in a hungry dog s mouth will increase the dog s saliva flow.
Another example is the feeling of hunger when you smell food. The smell of food is the unconditioned stimulus while feeling hungry is the response. Another example of unconditioned stimulus is a kiss elevating the heart rate.
This lesson takes you through the definition and examples of unconditioned. An unconditioned reflex is innate and is triggered by an unconditioned stimulus us. Now imagine that when you smelled your favorite food you also heard the sound of a whistle.
The food powder is the unconditioned stimulus and the increased salivation is the unconditioned response ur. A conditioned stimulus is a substitute stimulus that triggers the same response in an organism as an unconditioned stimulus. In this example the smell of the food is the unconditioned stimulus.
This is the unconditioned response. In our example the feeling of hunger in response to the smell of food is the unconditioned response. Another example is the eye blink response.
The unconditioned response is the unlearned response that occurs naturally in response to the unconditioned stimulus. For example the smell of food is an unconditioned stimulus a feeling of hunger in response to the smell is an unconditioned response and the sound of a whistle when you smell the food is the conditioned stimulus. They also include involuntary motor responses such as twitching or flinching.