In Pavlov's well-known study on classical conditioning, the bell was the ________ before conditioning and the ________ after conditioning had occurred.
A) neutral stimulus; unconditioned stimulus
B) conditioned stimulus; neutral stimulus
C) neutral stimulus; conditioned stimulus
D) neutral stimulus; reinforced stimulus

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Before conditioning, the bell was a neutral stimulus because it did not elicit a response from the dogs. After conditioning had occurred, the bell became the conditioned stimulus because it had been paired with the presentation of food and now elicited a response from the dogs. The unconditioned stimulus in this scenario was the presentation of food, which naturally elicited a response of salivation from the dogs.

In Pavlov's Well-Known Study on Classical Conditioning, the Bell Was