In respondent conditioning, when the conditioned stimulus follows the unconditioned stimulus, this is known as what?

In respondent conditioning, when the conditioned stimulus follows the unconditioned stimulus, this is known as what?

• A. Backward Conditioning
• B. Delayed Conditioning
• C. Conditioned Stimulus
• D. Elicited

Answer: (A)

In respondent conditioning, the timing of the conditioned stimulus (CS) relative to the unconditioned stimulus (US) matters. When the CS appears after the US, this is backward conditioning. The CS does not serve as a predictor of the US, so the learning that the CS should evoke a conditioned response is weak or absent; in some cases it can even inhibit a response because it signals something different about the sequence. Del sno, the option describing delayed conditioning refers to the CS starting before the US and overlapping with it, which yields a strong conditioned response. The term conditioned stimulus is just the label for the signal itself, not a description of its timing relative to the US. Elicited describes the nature of a response being brought out by a stimulus, not the order of presentation.

In respondent conditioning, the timing of the conditioned stimulus (CS) relative to the unconditioned stimulus (US) matters. When the CS appears after the US, this is backward conditioning. The CS does not serve as a predictor of the US, so the learning that the CS should evoke a conditioned response is weak or absent; in some cases it can even inhibit a response because it signals something different about the sequence.

Del sno, the option describing delayed conditioning refers to the CS starting before the US and overlapping with it, which yields a strong conditioned response. The term conditioned stimulus is just the label for the signal itself, not a description of its timing relative to the US. Elicited describes the nature of a response being brought out by a stimulus, not the order of presentation.