In Pavlov's original experiment, dogs heard a tone and then had meat powder placed in their mouths, which caused them to salivate. After many pairings of the tone and meat powder, they would salivate when the tone was presented alone. In this case salivating to the tone is an example of __________
A) a conditioned response.
B) a conditioned stimulus.
C) an unconditioned response.
D) an unconditioned stimulus.

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Salivating to the tone is a learned response that has been conditioned by pairing the tone with the meat powder. Therefore, it is a conditioned response. Choice B is incorrect because the tone becomes the conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response of salivation. Choice C is incorrect because the dogs' initial salivation in response to the meat powder was an unconditioned response to an unconditioned stimulus (the meat powder). Choice D is also incorrect because the meat powder is an unconditioned stimulus that naturally elicits the unconditioned response of salivation.

In Pavlov's Original Experiment, Dogs Heard a Tone and Then