Question
Maria recently went through a painful breakup, after a long intense relationship. Maria is heart-broken, and she thinks about her former partner constantly. She associates everything with her ex-partner, including the movies they watched together and the music they danced to.
Before Maria's relationship, these movies and music were ________; after the breakup, they have become ________.
Group of answer choices
unconditioned stimuli; conditioned stimuli
conditioned stimuli; unconditioned stimuli
conditioned stimuli; neutral stimuli
neutral stimuli; conditioned stimuli
Before Maria's relationship, these movies and music were ________; after the breakup, they have become ________.
Group of answer choices
unconditioned stimuli; conditioned stimuli
conditioned stimuli; unconditioned stimuli
conditioned stimuli; neutral stimuli
neutral stimuli; conditioned stimuli
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Before Maria's relationship, these movies and music were **neutral stimuli**; after the breakup, they have become **conditioned stimuli**.
In this context, neutral stimuli (like the movies and music) initially do not evoke any emotional response from Maria. However, through her experiences with her ex-partner, these stimuli become associated with the emotions she feels about her relationship, making them conditioned stimuli that now evoke feelings of heartbreak after the breakup.
In this context, neutral stimuli (like the movies and music) initially do not evoke any emotional response from Maria. However, through her experiences with her ex-partner, these stimuli become associated with the emotions she feels about her relationship, making them conditioned stimuli that now evoke feelings of heartbreak after the breakup.