Question

When you touch a hot pan accidently, you pull your hand back immediately. Identify the stimulus in the above statement.

• A. Touching the hot pan
• B. Pulling the hand back
• C. Touching the pan and pulling your hand back
• D. Statement is not an example of reflex

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Touching the hot pan

In the given case, touching the hot pan is the stimulus and pulling the hand back is the response. The spontaneous and involuntary responses towards stimuli are known as reflex actions.