Respondent (CR) or reflexive (UR) behavior is said to be _______ in the sense that it is forced by the presentation of a stimulus (CS or US).

Respondent (CR) or reflexive (UR) behavior is said to be _______ in the sense that it is forced by the presentation of a stimulus (CS or US).

• A. Habituation
• B. Ontogenetic
• C. Trend (as in baseline)
• D. Elicited

Answer: (D)

Respondent behavior is elicited by an antecedent stimulus, meaning the presence of the stimulus brings the response about automatically. In Pavlovian terms, the unconditioned response is a reflex to the unconditioned stimulus, and after conditioning, the conditioned response is still elicited by the conditioned stimulus. This stimulus-driven, reflexive quality is what “elicited” captures. Habituation describes a decrease in response to repeated presentation of a stimulus, not the automatic triggering by a stimulus. Ontogenetic refers to development over the organism’s lifetime, and trend or baseline describes patterns in data rather than how a reflex is prompted by a stimulus.

Respondent behavior is elicited by an antecedent stimulus, meaning the presence of the stimulus brings the response about automatically. In Pavlovian terms, the unconditioned response is a reflex to the unconditioned stimulus, and after conditioning, the conditioned response is still elicited by the conditioned stimulus. This stimulus-driven, reflexive quality is what “elicited” captures. Habituation describes a decrease in response to repeated presentation of a stimulus, not the automatic triggering by a stimulus. Ontogenetic refers to development over the organism’s lifetime, and trend or baseline describes patterns in data rather than how a reflex is prompted by a stimulus.