https://www.simplypsychology.org/pavlov.html
https://www.simplypsychology.org/pavlov.html
Ava Schubel
This post is about classical conditioning created by Pavlov and what ideally made him first create the term. He conducted a test to measure how much a dog salivates in response to food Instead of the dog salivating when seeing the food it began when it heard the footsteps on the way to being fed due the dog knowing food was on the way. This is where it all began and the magic of psychology and classical conditioning came to be.
Pavlov then designed a controlled experiment to see what would happen if we incorporated a bell, light, or touch on the leg to teach a dog to respond to a natural stimulus. In this experiment the unconditioned stimulus was the food, unconditioned response was salivating and neutral stimulus was the bell. Pavlov introduced the bell before the food which made the dog create a temporal contiguity and realize when the bell was rang the food would come shortly after. After conditioning the learned response was the dog salivating at the sound of the bell even when food is not present!
Good post about the invention of classical conditioning from Pavlov’s observations. The example that you gave, where dogs salivate when they hear footsteps before they see their food, is well done. It clearly shows how organisms learn to associate one stimulus with another. Your explanation of the unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, and neutral stimulus is clear and helps to show how the conditioning process happens. A curious part of Pavlov’s experiment is that the bell was ultimately a conditioned stimulus and the dog’s salivation to the bell alone was a conditioned response. This experiment showed how behavior is learnt through associations, and it is one of the most influential experiments in psychology since it helps explain how many learnt behaviors occur in animals and humans.
ReplyDeleteAva, I loved reading your post. Classical conditioning is one of the first things I remember learning about when it comes to Psychology. I think it's so important to understand what Pavlov did. I love how you said that this is where it all began as it really did and it explains so much. I also loved how you referred to it as "magic of psychology" as it truly is magic. I find it really interesting what he did and how just the sound of a bell after time made the dog salivate. This concept really makes me wonder what else we can train ourselves or others to do using this same concept. Overall I enjoyed reading great job!
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