Ivan Pavlov studied the reflexive flow of saliva in dogs. He used meat powder or other food to trigger the salivation. In this instance, the meat powder was the ________

a. conditioned stimulus
b. unconditioned stimulus
c. conditioned response
d. unconditioned response


Answer: b

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