In Pavlov's original research, dogs heard a tone and then had meat powder placed in their mouths, which caused them to salivate. After many pairings of the tone and the meat powder, they would salivate when the tone was presented alone. In this case, the conditioned response would be
A) salivating to the tone.
B) the meat powder.
C) the tone.
D) the meat powder's influence on salivating.

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The conditioned response is the learned response to the conditioned stimulus (the tone). In this case, the dogs learned to associate the tone with the meat powder and began to salivate in response to the tone alone. Therefore, the conditioned response would be salivating to the tone.

In Pavlov's Original Research, Dogs Heard a Tone and Then