Jenna wants to train her roommate to duck every time Jenna gets a text message. To do this, Jenna periodically triggers the sound associated with an arriving text message and hits her roommate in the back of the head with a wadded-up piece of paper. Which of the following training concepts, first developed by Ivan Pavlov, is Jenna using?

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Jenna is using the concept of conditioning, specifically classical conditioning, where an unconditioned stimulus (the sound of a text message) is paired with a neutral stimulus (the act of ducking) until the neutral stimulus alone produces the desired response. Ivan Pavlov developed this concept through his experiments with dogs, where he paired the sound of a bell (neutral stimulus) with the presentation of food (unconditioned stimulus) until the sound of the bell alone caused the dogs to salivate (conditioned response).

Jenna Wants to Train Her Roommate to Duck Every Time