Responses to the Environment

AP Biology· difficulty 3/5

A dog learns to salivate to a bell after pairing with food.

Bell (NS) + Food (US) Saliva After repeated pairing: Bell alone -> Saliva (CR)

This learning is BEST classified as:

  • A

    Operant conditioning

  • B

    Classical (Pavlovian) conditioning

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  • C

    Imprinting

  • D

    Habituation

Explanation

Classical conditioning forms an association between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus, producing a conditioned response (Pavlov).

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