Your dog Samantha has always salivated to a dog biscuit, but you classically condition Sam to salivate to the dinner bell.In this example, the dinner bell would be a(n)
A)unconditioned stimulus.
B)conditioned stimulus.
C)unconditioned response.
D)conditioned response.

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The dinner bell is the conditioned stimulus because it was originally neutral but became associated with the unconditioned stimulus (dog biscuit) through the process of classical conditioning. Therefore, the dog now salivates at the sound of the dinner bell, which is the conditioned response. The unconditioned stimulus is the dog biscuit, and the unconditioned response is the dog's natural salivation in response to the biscuit.

Your Dog Samantha Has Always Salivated to a Dog Biscuit