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 meat was the ________.
A) unconditioned response
B) conditioned stimulus
C) unconditioned stimulus
D) conditioned response

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The unconditioned stimulus is the naturally occurring stimulus that leads to an unconditioned response. In this experiment, the meat was the naturally occurring stimulus that led to the dogs salivating, which is the unconditioned response. The bell initially had no response, but through conditioning, became associated with the meat, thus becoming the conditioned stimulus. The conditioned response is the response that is learned through the pairing of the conditioned stimulus (bell) and the unconditioned stimulus (meat).

By Pairing the Ringing of a Bell with the Presentation