You missed class the day classical conditioning was discussed,so you borrow your friend's notes.As you are reading the notes you see that the neutral stimulus was the bell,the UCS was food,and the UCR was salivation.As you look further in the notes,you cannot read what is written about the CS,since your friend was running out of ink as she took notes.Given what you can read,you reason that the CS is:
A) salivation-since that is the normal response to food
B) salivation-since the UCR becomes the CS
C) bell-since the neutral stimulus becomes the CS
D) food-since the UCS becomes the CS

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In classical conditioning, the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus (CS) that elicits a response after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus (UCS). In this scenario, the neutral stimulus is the bell, and it is paired with the UCS (food) to elicit an automatic response of salivation (UCR). Therefore, the CS must be the bell, as it has been associated with the UCS to elicit the salivation response.

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