In Pavlov's experiments, he presented a sound followed by meat. Gradually the sound came to elicit salivation. The salivation to the sound in this experiment was the:
A) unconditioned stimulus.
B) unconditioned response.
C) conditioned stimulus.
D) conditioned response.

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The conditioned stimulus (CS) is the previously neutral stimulus (in this case, the sound) that, after being paired with the unconditioned stimulus (US) (in this case, the meat), comes to elicit a response (in this case, salivation). This response is called the conditioned response (CR). Therefore, the salivation to the sound is the conditioned response.

In Pavlov's Experiments, He Presented a Sound Followed by Meat