Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0497 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Unconditioned Stimulus
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The idea
The unconditioned stimulus is the one that triggers a response naturally, without any prior learning.
In practice
Food in the mouth produces salivation in a dog that has never been trained.
Where people slip
Unconditioned means unlearned, not unconditional. The word describes the training history.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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