In Ivan Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiments with dogs, the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) was:

Topic: Learning Theories
Subtopic: Classical Conditioning

ABell sound

BSalivation to bell

CFood

DLab assistant's footsteps

Explanation

The food naturally and automatically triggered salivation without prior training, making it the Unconditioned Stimulus (UCS).

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