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Breakdown the argument:
In a famous experiment by Pavlov, when a dog smelled foof, it salivated. Subsequently, a bell was rung whenever food was placed near the dog. After a number of trials, only the bell was rung, where upon the dog would salivate even though no food was present.

Dog---smell->Food --->salivated
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(Bell)

Inference?

A. Dogs are easily fooled.
Too far
B. Dogs are motivated only by the sound of a bell.
motivation is not equal to salvation.
C. The ringing of a bell was associated with food.
That was dog perceived
D. A conclusion can not be reached on the basis of one experiment.
Generic.
E. Two stimuli are stronger than one.
It doesn't say it


Answer C
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Since this is a draw a conclusion type question we can only use data from the question stem to pick our options. No additional data can be used
Here when trying to determine the conclusion drawn by the author, we need to put ourselves in his shoes.
Option A : No clear evidence of the author assuming the same. Wrong
Option B : No mention of the dog being motivated by food/bell. Wrong
Option C : Food being placed caused salivation, subsequently ( at the same time) the bell was also rung. Meaning the food being placed and the ringing of the bell happens at the same time Let's keep this option
Option D : Clearly Wrong, Author seems to have a conclusion as per the stem
Option E: Not mentioned in stem

Clearly option C is our winner
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Is this really GMAT question? I voted for C. What is a source?
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