When Pavlov Was Conditioning His Dog to Salivate in Response

question 176

Multiple Choice

When Pavlov was conditioning his dog to salivate in response to a tone, he first paired the tone with the presentation of food until the tone alone could induce salivation. In his experiments, which of the following was considered to be the unconditioned stimulus?

• A) the food
• B) salivation in response to the food
• C) salivation in response to the tone
• D) the food and the tone
• E) the tone

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