Psychology / Unit 5 Psych 0501 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Neutral Stimulus
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The idea
The neutral stimulus produces no relevant response before conditioning begins.
In practice
A tone that produces nothing but an ear-twitch before it has ever preceded food.
Where people slip
Neutral is relative to the response being trained. No stimulus is neutral in every respect.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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