By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, the ringing of the bell was the __________.

A) unconditioned stimulus
B) unconditioned response
C) conditioned stimulus
D) conditioned response

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Michael Mangasarian · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  In this experiment, the ringing of the bell was paired with the presentation of meat until it became associated with the meat and the dogs began to salivate in response to the bell alone. Therefore, the ringing of the bell became the conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicited the conditioned response (CR) of salivation. The meat, which originally elicited the salivation without any learning, was the unconditioned stimulus (US), and the salivation to the meat was the unconditioned response (UR).

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