Every week, jade spends her allowance on ½ pound of sour lemon gummy candies even though they always make her mouth water. one day, as she is walking down the street, jade sees a girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! jade notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with saliva. in this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the:

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Esmeralda Mcdonald

8 April, 19:33

Every week, jade spends her allowance on ½ pound of sour lemon gummy candies even though they always make her mouth water. one day, as she is walking down the street, jade sees a girl carrying a little white bag that looks like a candy shop bag! jade notices that her mouth is puckering and overflowing with saliva. in this example, the unconditioned stimulus is the:

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Natalee Stokes · Answer 1

The UCS in this case would be the gummy candies. They cause the puckering response in Jade naturally, without her awareness. The conditioned stimulus would be the white candy bag, which makes Jade think that there is lemon candy held inside.