When a dog has been classically conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell, the sound of the bell has gone from being a neutral stimulus to a conditioned stimulus.

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This is correct. Classical conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus (like a bell) with an unconditioned stimulus (like food), so that eventually the neutral stimulus alone can elicit a response (like salivation). When this happens, the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response (in this case, salivation).

When a Dog Has Been Classically Conditioned to Salivate at the Sound