Ivan Pavlov purposefully set out to study learning in dogs when he discovered what is now called classical conditioning.

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Ivan Pavlov initially set out to study digestion in dogs, and he discovered classical conditioning accidentally when he noticed that dogs would start salivating before food was actually presented to them, as a response to the stimuli associated with food delivery (like the footsteps of the lab assistant).

Ivan Pavlov Purposefully Set Out to Study Learning in Dogs