PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -In Pavlov’s experiment, the food was the unconditioned stimulus. An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment. A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: In Pavlov’s experiment, the meat was not the unconditioned response; it is the unconditioned stimulus. Salivation was the unconditioned response, which happened as a response to the presence of the meat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pavlov set up an experiment and gave the dog meat powder and then would immediately ring a bell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pavlov (1927/1960) studied unconditioned reflexes with dogs. He found that placing meat powder in a dog’s mouth (US) elicits salivation (UR). The conditioning part of his experiment involved pairing various innocuous stimuli with the food, such that they preceded food delivery.