In Pavlov's original experiment of classical conditioning, dogs learned to salivate at the sound of a metronome when the metronome was repeatedly paired with the presentation of food. The food is referred to as the unconditioned response.

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The food is actually referred to as the unconditioned stimulus, and the salivation that naturally occurs in response to the food is the unconditioned response. Through repeated pairing with the metronome, the metronome became a conditioned stimulus that elicited a conditioned response of salivation.

In Pavlov's Original Experiment of Classical Conditioning, Dogs Learned to Salivate