Written by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Verified for the 2026 exam
Verified for the 2026 examโขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โข Last updated September 2025
Definition
A food bowl is a physical object used to serve food to animals, such as dogs. It is associated with the act of eating and can elicit conditioned responses in animals.
A learned response that occurs as a result of repeated pairing between a neutral stimulus (like the sound of the food bowl) and an unconditioned stimulus (like food), leading to an automatic reaction (salivation).
The process by which an organism learns to associate two stimuli together, resulting in the ability to anticipate and respond automatically to one stimulus based on previous experiences.