Question

Alan always turns the aquarium light on before putting fish food into the tank. After a while, he notices that the fish swim to the top to look for the food as soon as he turns on the light. In this example, the ________ is the unconditioned stimulus.

Answer 1

Answer: Fish food

Step-by-step explanation:

The unconditioned stimulus here is the fish food which is given to the fishes when the light is switched on.

The fishes are being habitual of this fact when the light is switched on the fishes swim to the upper part of the water in order to get food.

In an unconditioned response, the response generated by the body is involuntary and is trigerred when the things related to this happen.