Before studying conditioning, Ivan Pavlov studied ______________

A) cardiac physiology
B) canine anatomy
C) digestive processes
D) the endocrine system


Answer: C
Rationale: Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who studied digestion, using dogs as a model species. He accidently found that the dogs would learn to salivate to stimuli that were associated with food. Pavlov's discovery began a long tradition of inquiry into what is now called classical conditioning.

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a. cognitive b. behavioral c. psychodynamic d. humanistic

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