Question

Liam lives in a hostel where they have pizza every Tuesday night. To make it seem like a special occasion, the tables are covered with dark red tablecloths. Unfortunately, Liam vomited one Tuesday night after eating pizza. Now, whenever he sees a dark red tablecloth, he feels sick. What is the conditioned stimulus?

Answer 1

Here are the options:

a. Vomiting

b. Dark red tablecloth

c. Feeling sick

d. Pizza

Answer:

b. Dark red tablecloth

Step-by-step explanation:

The conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral object (dark red tablecloth), which after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus (the pizza), then triggers a conditioned response (feels sick).

Liam's eventual association with the dark red tablecloth became on that special occasion when they ate pizza, which unfortunately made him feels sick.