1. Whenever Herbie takes his dog for a walk, he puts on a red jacket. He noticed that one day when he reached for the jacket; the dog got all excited and ran to the door.
Answer: Herbie performed the best example of classical conditioning in this scenario. Similar to Pavlov’s experiment, Herbie conditioned his dog by repeatedly pairing the red jacket (neutral stimulus) to the event of going out for a walk which is an unconditioned stimulus (Aguirre, et al, 92). The dog eventually learned and associated the two things together; hence, the dog’s ‘excited’ reaction
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