What is conditioned animal behaviour?

Answer 1

A conditioned behavior is one that is taught. Like when you give a dog a treat for performing a trick. You have "conditioned" the dog to do something in expectation of a reward. Just like if you take your dog for a walk on a leash. Soon the dog learns when you get the leash out he is going for a walk. His conditioned response is dancing around in excitement. One of the most well know experiments on this subject was done by Pavlov. He rang a bell before feeding the dogs in the study. Soon the dogs began to salivate in anticipation of receiving the food when the bell was rang even if no food was given. They were conditioned to expect food when the bell rang.