A researcher classically conditioned a dog to salivate every 60 minutes by presenting the dog with food at 60-minute intervals throughout the day. Following this procedure, what is the researcher likely to observe?
A) Because no other signals were used, the dog will fail to develop a conditioned response.
B) It is very likely that the dog will salivate every time it sees the researcher.
C) The dog's desire to eat will diminish, a phenomenon termed "sensory-specific satiety."
D) The 60-minute interval will become a conditioned stimulus, triggering the conditioned response of salivation.

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The researcher has used a consistent time interval as the only cue for the dog to receive food. This time interval will become a conditioned stimulus, eliciting the conditioned response of salivation at the 60-minute mark. Therefore, the dog is likely to repeatedly salivate every 60 minutes, even in the absence of food or the researcher.

A Researcher Classically Conditioned a Dog to Salivate Every 60