Ivan Pavlov was studying ____ before he stumbled on to ____.
A) operant conditioning; classical conditioning
B) problem solving in cats; law of effect
C) digestion in dogs; classical conditioning
D) problem solving in dogs; the law of effect

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Ivan Pavlov was originally studying digestion in dogs when he accidentally discovered the principles of classical conditioning. He noticed that the dogs would begin to salivate at the sound of the experimenter's footsteps or the sight of the lab assistant's white lab coat, even if no food was present. This led him to conduct further experiments on what became known as the conditioned reflex.

Ivan Pavlov Was Studying ____ Before He Stumbled on to ____

Ivan Pavlov Was Studying Before He Stumbled on to