AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A dog smells food. What would be the dog’s response?
A
Follows scent
B
Hides in burrow (underground)
C
Produces saliva
D
Rolls into a ball
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The behavior caused by the conditioned stimulus is called the conditioned response (CR). In the case of Pavlov’s dogs, they had learned to associate the tone (CS) with being fed, and they began to salivate (CR) in anticipation of food.

Detailed explanation-2: -An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment. A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response.

Detailed explanation-3: -Over time, the sounds of the clicking metronome caused an increase in salivation. This means that the dog learned to associate the metronome and the food with a learned behavior. This response was learned (conditioned), which was referred to as a conditioned response or a Pavlovian response.

Detailed explanation-4: -If your dog is not a drooling breed, he’ll slobber when excited, especially about food. The saliva may collect so fast that he can’t help but drool. There can be other reasons that your dog is drooling more than normal that could indicate a health issue: Tooth decay or gum infections.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ivan Pavlov was a noted Russian physiologist who won the 1904 Nobel Prize for his work studying digestive processes. While studying digestion in dogs, Pavlov noted an interesting occurrence: His canine subjects would begin to salivate whenever an assistant entered the room.

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