Unconditioned Response: A Case Study

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A USC, or an unconditioned stimulus, is a stimulus that triggers a UCR, or unconditioned response (Cherry 2017). The response and the stimulus are called "unconditioned" because it is an unlearned action. A NS, or neutral stimulus, is a stimulus that would give off no response. With a CS, or a conditioned stimulus, there is no response associated with the USC and with the CR, or conditioned response, is the reaction that is triggered by the CS (McLeod 2014). An example of this, that I have observed, is when somebody touches metal on a playground on a hot summer day. How does one react when they do that? They almost instinctively pull their hand back as quickly as possible. The unconditioned stimulus in this the heat of the metal and the unconditioned