In classical conditioning, if an animal responds to a stimulus the first time the stimulus is presented, the response is called the
A) conditioned response.
B) extinction response.
C) maturation response.
D) unconditioned response.

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The response that occurs naturally or automatically to a stimulus without any prior learning is called the unconditioned response. This is opposed to the conditioned response, which is a learned response that occurs to a previously neutral stimulus that has been paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

In Classical Conditioning, If an Animal Responds to a Stimulus