Pavlov proposed that initial conditioning was the acquisition of a(n) _________ between the CS and the US.
A) inhibitory association
B) excitatory association
C) temporal relationship
D) learned association

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Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning proposes that the initial conditioning involves acquiring an excitatory association between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (US). This means that the CS comes to elicit a response similar to the response elicited by the US. The other options are either not relevant to Pavlov's theory (inhibitory association) or too broad/misleading (temporal relationship and learned association).

Pavlov Proposed That Initial Conditioning Was the Acquisition of A(n)