By Pairing the Ringing of a Bell with the Presentation

question 72

Multiple Choice

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat,Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented.In this experiment,the presentation of the meat was the:

• A)unconditioned stimulus.
• B)unconditioned response.
• C)conditioned stimulus.
• D)conditioned response.

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Definitions:

Psychological Payoff

The benefit, often unconscious, that individuals derive from maintaining certain behaviors or psychological states.

Transactional Analysis

A psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social transactions are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator as a basis for understanding behavior.

Transaction

An instance of buying or selling something; in psychology, it can also refer to an interaction or exchange between people.

Strokes

A term used in psychology to describe a unit of recognition or attention that one person gives another, often used in transactional analysis.