You Decide That You Are Going to Condition Your Dog

question 106

Multiple Choice

You decide that you are going to condition your dog to salivate to the sound of a bell. You sound the bell and then several minutes later you give the dog a biscuit. 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 after the animal ate the biscuit.
• C) you should have had an even longer interval between the bell and the biscuit.
• D) the biscuit was given too long after the sound of the bell.