Drinking and Psychology Classical conditioning is the type of learning made famous by Pavlov's experiments with dogs. Pavlov presented dogs with meat powder, and measured their salivary response. Pavlov called the meat powder the unconditioned stimulus or UCS, because dogs did not need to learn that association. He began ringing a bell just before presenting the meat powder. At first, the dogs did not begin salivating until the food was presented. After a while, however, the dogs began to salivate when the sound of the bell was presented. They learned to associate the sound of the bell with the presentation of the food. He called the stimulus he chose to present first the conditioned stimulus or CS. He called it the conditioned stimulus because the dogs would not salivate to it at first. They would only salivate to it after it had been associated with the UCS. When the dog salivated to the meat powder, Pavlov called that response the unconditioned response or UCR. He called it that because it occurred to the UCS. When the dog salivated to the stimulus Pavlov chose and presented prior to the UCS, he called that the conditioned response or CR. Again, he called it that because it occurred to the CS. Social drinking is part of my culture. Well on New Years Eve I was drinking with my family. At first it started as a fun thing. I got the buzz that I wanted. Everybody was having a good time. It was the first time I ever drank Bacardi Superior so I did really not know my limit. I finished three quarters of the liter bottle by myself. After twenty minutes, I was throwing up outside my window since my friend was in the bathroom. I threw up everything that was in my stomach. Good thing my sister was there to take care of me. She put