Question

Pictures of chili peppers make Dionne's mouth water when she browses cooking sites on the Web. In Pavlov's terms, pictures of chili peppers are _____ stimuli for Dionne since she had to learn their association with yummy dishes.

Answer 1

The answer is conditioned stimuli.

Step-by-step explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus (the pictures of chilli peppers) is associated with an unrelated consequence, called unconditioned stimulus (the dishes). This produces a reaction known as conditioned response (the salivation).

It's important to recognise that any neutral stimulus can become conditioned, as long as it's paired and associated with another stimulus. For example, instead of pictures of chilli peppers, the conditioned stimulis could be any other picture or even a sound.