Pavlov placed meat powder in the mouths of the dogs, and they began to salivate. Pavlov's student noticed that after a few days the dogs began to salivate at the sound of the student's footsteps
The salivation to the sound of the footsteps was a _______.
a) primary reinforcer
b) positive reinforcer
c) conditioned response
d) secondary reinforce
ANS: C, Because salivation is not a natural reflexive response to footsteps, the situation was one in which salivation became a response to the sound and, thus, is referred to as a conditioned response.
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