12. A researcher performs the following classical conditioning experiment on several subjects. The experimental procedure for each subject is the same:
Subject relaxes for two minutes
Subject’s pulse is taken.
Researcher taps a pencil on a desk five times
Subject performs jumping jacks for 30 seconds
Subject’s pulse is taken
Repeat steps 1-5 ten times
After two minutes of rest, the researcher taps a pencil on a desk five times, then takes the subject’s pulse without exercising.
A. Identify the conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, conditioned reflex/response, and unconditioned reflex/response.
B. If conditioning is successful, what would you expect the result of the final pulse measurement (in step 7) to be? Briefly explain your reasoning in 1 sentence.
A. (i) Conditioned reflux is: Researcher taps a pencil on a desk five times
(ii) unconditioned stimulus: Subject relaxes for two minutes
(iii) conditioned reflex/response: After two minutes of rest, the researcher taps a pencil on a desk five times, then takes the subject’s pulse without exercising.
(iv) unconditioned reflex/response: Subject performs jumping jacks for 30 seconds
B. If conditioning is successful, then subject pulse rate will increase as it start doing jumping jack after researcher taps a pencile.
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