Ivan Pavlov found that by pairing the sound of a bell with the appearance of food, he could eventually get dogs to salivate at just the sound of the bell without the appearance of food. This illustrates __________.

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The key feature of classical conditioning is stimulus substitution. In other words, this is the process of pairing a previously neutral stimulus (sound of the bell) with a stimulus that does evoke a response (appearance of food). The learning has occurred when the stimulus substitution has occurred. The formerly neutral stimulus (sound of the bell) now evokes the response formerly evoked by the original stimulus (the appearance of the food).

Ivan Pavlov Found That by Pairing the Sound of a Bell