Consider Pavlov’s famous experiment in which dogs were presented with the sound of a metronome followed by meat powder. After several repetitions, the dogs would salivate as soon as they heard the metronome. The intervening variable in this case is
a. the meat powder.
b. the metronome.
c. saliva.
d. learning.
Ans: d
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