Pavlov placed food in the mouths of the dogs, and they began to salivate. Pavlov's student noticed that after a few days the dogs began to salivate at the sound of the student's footsteps. The salivation to the sound of the footsteps was a

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The salivation to the sound of the footsteps is a conditioned response, meaning it is a learned response that occurs as a result of a neutral stimulus (the sound of footsteps) being associated with a stimulus that naturally triggers the response (food). It is not a primary, secondary, positive or negative reinforcer, as those terms refer to specific types of consequences that either increase or decrease the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.

Pavlov Placed Food in the Mouths of the Dogs, and They