1. Stimulus (full bladder)
UR: unconditioned
Response (wake-up
response)
UCS: unconditioned
Stimulus (full bladder)
Undeveloped
in enuresis
UCR: unconditioned
response); the UCR
becomes a conditioned
response (CR) to what
was previously a
neutral stimulus & is
now a CS
Neutral stimulus
= full bladder (NS becomes
a conditioned stimulus (CS)
through repeated pairings
Pair with
Stimulus (loud alarm)
CS now elicits CR
UCS elicits UCR
In Alarm Training the goal is to train the full bladder (currently a NS) to become a
conditioned stimulus so that it will elicit a wake-up response)
Every time the bladder is full while sleeping and the child begins to urinate, the alarm sounds and wakes the child. Eventually, the full bladder alone wakes the child.