You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a metronome.You give the dog a biscuit,and then a second later you sound the metronome.You do this several times,but no conditioning seems to occur.This is probably because ________.
A)the metronome was not a distinctive sound
B)the metronome should have been sounded before the dog ate the biscuit
C)you should have had a longer interval between the metronome 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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In classical conditioning, the conditioned stimulus (CS) must come before the unconditioned stimulus (UCS) in order for conditioning to occur. In this scenario, the dog only hears the metronome after it has eaten the biscuit, so the association between the two stimuli is not being formed. Sounding the metronome before giving the biscuit would allow for the dog to start making the association between the metronome and food.

You Decide That You Are Going to Condition Your Dog