Citations:Pavlov's dog

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English citations of Pavlov's dog and Pavlov dog

noun: person who reacts instinctively to a stimulus

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  • 1969, Lavinia Russ, The Girl on the Floor will Help You:
    It wasn't Pavlov's dog all the way. Those early morning walks were perfect for making notes.
  • 1970, “Bitch”, in Mike Jagger, Keith Richards (lyrics), Sticky Fingers:
    Yeah, when you call my name / I salivate like a Pavlov dog[.]
  • 2000, Renata Salecl, “Love Me, Love My Dog”, in (per)versions of love and hate:
    The paradox of Kulik is that he pretends to be Pavlov's dog, while in actuality his role is none other than Pavlov's.
  • 2005, Tally Hall (lyrics and music), “The Bidding”, in Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum:
    I've been training like a Pavlov dog / ... / All you gotta do is activate my bell[.]
  • 2017 April 13, OneSerenityNow, Twitter:
    Because [Trump] got praise for bombing Syria. He's a Pavlov dog.
  • 2018 February 12, Michaeleen Doucleff, Allison Aubrey, “Those Smartphone Dings Are Turning You Into a Pavlov Dog”, in KQED:
    In other words, just hearing the notification can be more pleasurable than the text, email or tweet. "Smartphone notifications have turned us all into Pavlov's dogs," Greenfield says.