How can a dog be trained to salivate when a bell is sounded?
A)Have a bell in the room where the animal is fed.
B)Pair the sound of the bell with the delivery of food.
C)Praise the dog after it is fed.
D)None of these.

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This is an example of classical conditioning, where a neutral stimulus (the sound of the bell) is paired with a natural response (salivation at the sight/smell of food) until the neutral stimulus on its own elicits the same response. In this case, the dog should be fed immediately after the bell is sounded until it starts to associate the sound with the arrival of food and begin to salivate at the sound of the bell alone. Having a bell in the room where the animal is fed (A) or praising the dog after it is fed (C) is not directly linked to the conditioning process and may not lead to the desired response. Choice (D) is not correct, as one of the choices is indeed the correct answer.

How Can a Dog Be Trained to Salivate When a Bell