Question

Jack regularly feeds his neighbor's dog, oscar. he announces his arrival by ringing his bicycle bell and feeds oscar mouth-watering treats. as jack has been doing this for two weeks, every time he hears jack's bicycle bell, oscar begins salivating with the expectation of being fed. in this scenario, oscar learns the response to the bicycle bell through _____.

Answer 1

Oscar has learned the response to the bell through classical conditioning methods. This is very similar to the well-known study featuring Pavlov's dogs. This conditioning is also known as "forward" conditioning, because the stimulus is received before the behavior occurs.