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Melissa associates her enjoyment of coffee with increased alertness throughout the day Any time she smells coffee brewing, Melissa perks up in anticipation of ingesting this tasty beverage Identify the following concepts of classical conditioning which help explain Melissa's response to coffee CS (conditioned stimulus) UCS (unconditioned stimulus). UCR (unconditioned response) Hint (response) precipitated by (no need to answer this) CR (conditioned response) Hint:(response) precipitated by (no need to answer this)

Explanation / Answer

Classical Conditioning is a type of associative learning. A stimulus is associated with a response. There are four major elements of classical conditioning. An Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS), is a stimulus which produces a response without any kind of prior learning. An Unconditioned Response (USR), is an automatic response which is unlearned and is elicited on presentation of unconditioned stimulus. Conditioned Stimulus (CS) in classical conditioning is previously a neutral stimulus that eventually elicits the Conditioned Response(CR) after being paired with the Unconditioned Stimulus (US).

In the above example, Enjoyment of the coffee is the Unconditioned stimulus (UCS). Melissa associates her enjoyment of coffee with increased alertness through the day, this is the Unconditioned Response (UCR). The Conditioned Stimulus (CS) is the smell of coffee. Melissa perks up in anticipation of ingesting this coffee is the Conditioned Response (CR).