In Pavlov's experiments on classical conditioning,the dog began to associate the sound of the bell with the food and salivated when it heard the bell because the bell had become a(n)
A)conditioned stimulus.
B)unconditioned stimulus.
C)conditioned response.
D)unconditioned response.

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The sound of the bell became a conditioned stimulus because it was originally neutral (did not elicit a response) but through repeated pairing with the unconditioned stimulus (food), it came to elicit the conditioned response (salivation).

In Pavlov's Experiments on Classical Conditioning,the Dog Began to Associate