In His Original Studies with Dogs, Pavlov Concluded That the Salivation

question 27

Multiple Choice

In his original studies with dogs, Pavlov concluded that the salivation response had been learned because

• A) dogs should have been calmed by the musical tones, not excited to the point of salivation.
• B) all behaviour is learned.
• C) gradual progress towards this response had been observed.
• D) dogs do not naturally salivate to musical tones.

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