A Researcher Classically Conditioned a Dog to Salivate Every 60

question 82

Multiple Choice

A researcher classically conditioned a dog to salivate every 60 minutes by presenting the dog with food at 60-minute intervals throughout the day. Following this procedure, what is the researcher likely to observe?

• A) Because no other signals were used, the dog will fail to develop a conditioned response.
• B) It is very likely that the dog will salivate every time it sees the researcher.
• C) The dog's desire to eat will diminish, a phenomenon termed "sensory-specific satiety."
• D) The 60-minute interval will become a conditioned stimulus, triggering the conditioned response of salivation.

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