1. Conditioned reflexes are not inherited.
2. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian scientist did experiments on conditioned reflexes. His experiments on dogs have become very famous.
3. When the dog sees food, it secretes salvia. He rang a bell whenever the dog was given food.
4. After doing this for few days he noticed that the dog secretes salvia when it hears the bell even if the food is not given.
5. In other words dog associated the sound of the bell with the food and assumes that whenever the bell rings food is given.
6. In expectation of food, saliva start flowing from its mouth. Human beings are no exception to this.
7. For example, standing in attention when you hear National Anthem.