Learning is a concept that is familiar to most of the human population and many other organisms. Many learn through association; when one thing is linked to another. Conditioning- when behavior changes because the organism links that behavior with a certain event- is a form of associative learning.
Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who was studying saliva and digestion when he discovered classical conditioning quite by accident. While conducting his experiments on saliva, Pavlov realized that he had accidently trained the dogs to associate the sounds of an apparatus to the meat powder. This relationship became what is known as classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a form of associative learning where a relationship between stimuli is learned. This learning happens when a neutral stimulus becomes linked with a stimulus that causes an automatic response. This response is called an unconditioned response (UCR). The unconditioned response is produced by the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), which is the environmental input. In the case of Pavlov and his dogs, the UCR was the salivation, caused by the UCS which was the meat powder. …show more content…
It can often happen to someone without them even realizing it- like how hearing the music from an ice-cream truck can make us salivate. One example of having been classically conditioned is during school we would eat lunch at the same time; on the weekends and during breaks I would find myself wanting lunch at that time even if I was not hungry. Another example would be that when growing up whenever we would watch a movie my mom would make popcorn. After a while I just became to expect popcorn whenever I watched any movie. The movie would be the UCS and receiving the popcorn was the CR. As it is simple to become classically conditioned, it is also quite simple to classically condition someone else- whether they realize it or
Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist who was studying saliva and digestion when he discovered classical conditioning quite by accident. While conducting his experiments on saliva, Pavlov realized that he had accidently trained the dogs to associate the sounds of an apparatus to the meat powder. This relationship became what is known as classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a form of associative learning where a relationship between stimuli is learned. This learning happens when a neutral stimulus becomes linked with a stimulus that causes an automatic response. This response is called an unconditioned response (UCR). The unconditioned response is produced by the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), which is the environmental input. In the case of Pavlov and his dogs, the UCR was the salivation, caused by the UCS which was the meat powder. …show more content…
It can often happen to someone without them even realizing it- like how hearing the music from an ice-cream truck can make us salivate. One example of having been classically conditioned is during school we would eat lunch at the same time; on the weekends and during breaks I would find myself wanting lunch at that time even if I was not hungry. Another example would be that when growing up whenever we would watch a movie my mom would make popcorn. After a while I just became to expect popcorn whenever I watched any movie. The movie would be the UCS and receiving the popcorn was the CR. As it is simple to become classically conditioned, it is also quite simple to classically condition someone else- whether they realize it or