What is the learned response to the conditioned stimulus?

• A. Unconditioned Response (UR)
• B. Neutral Stimulus (NS)
• C. Conditioned Response (CR)
• D. Un conditioned Stimulus (US)

Answer: (C)

The learned response to the conditioned stimulus is the conditioned response. Once a neutral cue is paired with a stimulus that naturally triggers a reaction, that cue becomes meaningful, and the animal begins to respond to it even when the original trigger is absent. In practice, the dog learns to perform a specific behavior in response to the conditioned stimulus alone, which is the conditioned response. For example, a bell paired with food eventually makes the dog salivate or alert to the bell by itself—the salivation or alert behavior to the bell is the conditioned response. This contrasts with the unconditioned response, which is the natural reaction to the unconditioned stimulus, and with the neutral stimulus, which has not yet acquired any meaning.