In the familiar experiment in which a dog was trained to salivate at the sound of a bell, the bell eventually became a(n)
A) conditioned response.
B) conditioned stimulus.
C) neutral stimulus.
D) unconditioned stimulus.

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In the experiment by Ivan Pavlov, the bell started as a neutral stimulus but after being repeatedly paired with the presentation of food (the unconditioned stimulus), it became a conditioned stimulus. This means the bell, by itself, could elicit the salivation response in the dog without the presence of food.

In the Familiar Experiment in Which a Dog Was Trained