In the classical conditioning of the Stingray City stingrays, the unconditioned response is the stingrays swimming in to eat the fish and conch thrown into the water. This reaction was an unlearned response to the unconditioned stimulus of the food provided by people.

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In the classical conditioning of southern stingrays at Stingray City, the unconditioned stimulus is the fish and conch that people cleaned and threw into the water. About 40 years ago, people began cleaning fish and conch at a sandbar near a barrier reef, which acted as an unconditioned stimulus that naturally caused the stingrays to swim in and eat.

Unconditioned Stimulus in Stingray Conditioning

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

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