Ivan Pavlov rang a bell every time he fed meat powder to dogs. After repeated trials, the dogs began to salivate when they heard the bell, even if there was no food in sight. According to Pavlov, the dogs' salivation in the absence of food, following the ringing of the bell, is called the

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The dogs' salivation in response to the sound of the bell is a learned response and is therefore a conditioned response (CR). The bell is the conditioned stimulus (CS) that has been associated with the unconditioned stimulus (US) of the meat powder, which initially produced the unconditioned response (UR) of salivation.

Ivan Pavlov Rang a Bell Every Time He Fed Meat