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Pavlov's Dogs: Conditioned Stimulus and Response

In the case of Pavlov's dogs, a tone was repeatedly paired with meat powder. The previously neutral tone became a conditioned stimulus (CS) when the dogs learned to associate it with being fed. The dogs' salivation to the tone alone, in anticipation of food, is the conditioned response (CR).

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