In Pavlov's basic classical conditioning procedure, salivating in response to the sound of a metronome is a(n)
A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned response.
C) conditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned response.

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In Pavlov's experiments, the sound of the metronome becomes a conditioned stimulus (CS) after being associated with food, the unconditioned stimulus (US). The salivation that occurs in response to the metronome sound, after conditioning, is the conditioned response (CR), as it is a learned response to the previously neutral stimulus (the metronome sound).

In Pavlov's Basic Classical Conditioning Procedure, Salivating in Response to the Sound