Question

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) _____. conditioned stimulus unconditioned stimulus conditioned response unconditioned response

Answer 1

it became a stimulated response in the dog

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Conditioned stimulus

Explanation:

In classical conditioning, a conditioned stimulus occurs when a previously neutral stimulus begins to be associated with a specific response that has been reinforced or learned. For example, in the case of Pavlov experiment, the bell was initially a neutral stimulus as its sound did not trigger salivation in the dog; however, as Pavlov rang the bell along with food, the bell became a conditioned stimulus, because as any stimulus it leads to a response (salivation) but this is not natural but conditioned. Thus, the bell in this experiment had become a conditioned stimulus.