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12.9 Bell and Dog After Conditioning

But Pavlov showed that if you repeatedly ring a bell before giving a dog food, eventually the sound of the bell alone will make the dog’s mouth water. The dog’s history of interacting with the sound of the bell changed the psychological functions of the sound of the bell for the dog. You might say that the psychological functions of the sound of the bell changed to resemble some of the psychological functions of food.

A red dog with a bell in his mouth, conditioned to respond to the sound.
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