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 meat powder, they would salivate when the tone was presented alone. In this case, the meat powder is an example of
A) an unconditioned response.
B) a conditioned response.
C) a conditioned stimulus.
D) an unconditioned stimulus.

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The meat powder is an unconditioned stimulus because it naturally and automatically elicits a response (salivation) without any prior learning.

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