A Type of Learning Was Discovered When the Dogs in a Lab

question 767

Multiple Choice

A type of learning was discovered when the dogs in a lab learned to salivate to a bell.Which of the following is NOT one of the names by which this type of learning is known?

• A) instrumental conditioning
• B) Pavlovian conditioning
• C) respondent conditioning
• D) classical conditioning

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Definitions:

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