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In Pavlov's experiments with dogs, the bell (prior to conditioning) was the
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neutral stimulus
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In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus is something that initially does not trigger the response of interest. Before conditioning, Pavlov's bell was a neutral stimulus because it did not naturally cause dogs to salivate. It became a conditioned stimulus only after repeated pairing with food (unconditioned stimulus).