You Decide That You Are Going to Condition Your Dog

question 99

Multiple Choice

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

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