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conditioning
. The dog knew that the sound of the doorbell most likely meant that someone
was coming in. And if Ginger got up to greet the person, then she was likely to get a pat on the
head. Something good would happen if she responded to the bell. She learned this over time;
she was conditioned to this behavior.
Mice can be trained using conditioning to make their way through a
maze, evidence of their ability to learn.