Pavlov's first response to his dogs' mysterious salivary response to his laboratory assistant was to
A) ignore it.
B) treat it as a confounding variable.
C) begin experimenting to see what was controlling this behaviour.
D) perform surgery on the dogs to see if physiological variables were causing the excessive salivation.
E) redesign the original experiment to eliminate possible confounds.

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Pavlov initially observed the dogs' salivary response as an unanticipated phenomenon. Instead of dismissing it, he became intrigued and started experimenting to understand what was controlling this behavior, leading to the foundational work in classical conditioning.

Pavlov's First Response to His Dogs' Mysterious Salivary Response to His