Question

1. what was pavlov studying? he was studying the digestive system of dogs. 3. what reflex did he find in his dogs? he found the salivary reflex. 4. what stimuli did pavlov use to manipulate his dogs salivary reactions? bells, tones, flashing lights 5. what does it mean when we say a stimulus and a response are unconditioned? an unconditioned stimulus naturally triggers a response and an unconditioned response 6. how do we know conditioning has taken place? the learnedresponse weakens and fades (extinction) without. 7. what happens to the learned response over time if no natural stimulus is present?

Explanation:

1. Pavlov was studying classical - conditioning theory in psychology. He focused on the digestive system of dogs.
2. He found the salivary reflex in dogs.
3. He used bells, tones, and flashing lights as stimuli to manipulate dogs' salivary reactions.
4. An unconditioned stimulus naturally triggers an unconditioned response without prior learning.
5. Conditioning is known to have taken place when the learned response weakens and fades (extinction) in the absence of the natural stimulus.
6. If no natural stimulus is present over time, the learned response weakens and eventually fades away due to lack of reinforcement.

Answer:

1. Classical - conditioning theory in psychology, focusing on the digestive system of dogs.
2. The salivary reflex.
3. Bells, tones, flashing lights.
4. An unconditioned stimulus naturally triggers an unconditioned response.
5. The learned response weakens and fades (extinction) without the natural stimulus.
6. The learned response weakens and fades away due to lack of reinforcement.