Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov
Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov
Classical Conditioning by Ivan Pavlov
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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
Ivan Pavlov was a Russian scientist interested in studying how digestion works in
mammals.
He observed and recorded information about dogs and their digestive system and
process. He started to study what triggers dogs to salivate. it should have been an
easy study; mammals produce saliva to help them break down food, so the dogs
should have simply began drooling when presented with food. But what Pavlov
discovered that when he observed the dog was that drooling had a much more far
reaching effect than he thought. this grew as an experiment to teach dogs to salivate
When Pavlov presented the dog with a piece of meat the dog exhibited a
He proceeded to link the meat and the ringing of the bell and after repeatedly
ringing the bell and giving back the food, the dog began to salivate
After some time, the dog would salivate at the sound of the bell even if no food was
offered
In effect the dog had learnt to respond to salivate to the bell. He said that the dogs
There is a neutral stimulus the bell, which by itself will not produce a
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