You are conducting an informal study in which,for a month,you play a particular song for your best friend right before you serve dinner to her.Eventually,you play the song,and then wait to see how your friend responds.She begins to salivate and says she has hunger pains.In this scenario,what is the unconditioned stimulus?
A) the song
B) the food
C) the time of day
D) salivation

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The unconditioned stimulus is the natural stimulus that triggers a response without any conditioning. In this scenario, the food is the unconditioned stimulus as it naturally triggers hunger and salivation. The song is the conditioned stimulus as it was paired with the food and eventually triggered the same response of hunger and salivation. The time of day and salivation are not stimuli, but rather a contextual factor and a response, respectively.

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