In the pizza box conditioning example in the text, before conditioning, the box is the ________, the pizza is the ________, and the salivation is the ________.
A) CS; US; CR
B) US; CS; UR
C) NS; US; UR
D) CS; UR; CR

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In classical conditioning, before conditioning, the neutral stimulus (NS) does not elicit the unconditioned response (UR). The unconditioned stimulus (US) naturally elicits the unconditioned response (UR). In this case, the pizza box is the NS (since it does not naturally cause salivation), the pizza is the US (since it naturally causes salivation), and the salivation is the UR (the natural response to the pizza).

In the Pizza Box Conditioning Example in the Text, Before