You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a bell.You give the dog a biscuit,and then you ring the bell a second later.You do this several times,but no conditioning seems to occur.This is probably because ___________.
A)the bell was not a distinctive sound
B)the bell should have been sounded before the dog ate the biscuit
C)you should have had a longer interval between the bell and the biscuit
D)Pavlov found that the CS and UCS must be only seconds apart in order to condition salivation

Question

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The bell should have been sounded before the dog ate the biscuit to establish the bell as a conditioned stimulus (CS) that predicts the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), which is the biscuit.

You Decide That You Are Going to Condition Your Dog