Question

In the famous conditioning experiment, Pavlov demonstrated that his dogs started drooling in response to a bell sounding. What part of the digestive process did he stimulate?
cephalic phase
gastric phase
intestinal phase
elimination phase

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. Cephalic phase

Explanation:

In the digestive system and digestive process, there are different phases or stages. In the case of the cephalic phase, this is the first phase of the process and starts even before food enters in the organism, because fo this, the cephalic phase includes the anticipatory responses to food including salivation. This is the part or phase Pavlolv stimulated in his experiments because in this dogs salivated anticipating food and this was linked to the sound of a bell and that make dogs salivate even if there was no food.