Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist studied animals and the mechanisms underlying their digestive systems. His interest lied in reflexes when he saw dogs drooling with the presence of food. Therefore, he conducted an experiment in which a dog was hooked up to an apparatus that measured the dog’s salivation response. Amidst testing, he discovered that the dog would begin salivating before seeing or smelling the food. Though this was a phenomenon he stumbled upon, it also bothered Pavlov since he could no longer control the start of the dog’s salivation.
By using the dog’s reaction of salivating to the presentation of the food, Pavlov established classical conditioning theory. He began a new experiment by introducing the sound of a bell before the dog was given food. After some time, the canine started to salivate at the sound of the bell and not the sight or smell of the food. A conditioned response was started when the dog started salivating at the sound of the bell. …show more content…
The result of the conditioning is the dog salivating at the sound of the bell and not the sight of food. The bell is now a conditioned stimulus and the response is a conditioned response for the dog. Classical conditioning also known as behaviorism can be very helpful with altering conduct if used in the correct manner in an individual’s everyday life.
When I was younger around the age of seven, my siblings and I would go to our grandparent’s home in the rural country parts of North Carolina. We would venture outside every day to play with the farm animals. Our first day there, my grandmother came outside around noon time and rang a bell that was attached to a string that hung like a fixture to her house. There was an unconditioned response with my siblings and me because we did not know why she was ringing a bell (neutral
By using the dog’s reaction of salivating to the presentation of the food, Pavlov established classical conditioning theory. He began a new experiment by introducing the sound of a bell before the dog was given food. After some time, the canine started to salivate at the sound of the bell and not the sight or smell of the food. A conditioned response was started when the dog started salivating at the sound of the bell. …show more content…
The result of the conditioning is the dog salivating at the sound of the bell and not the sight of food. The bell is now a conditioned stimulus and the response is a conditioned response for the dog. Classical conditioning also known as behaviorism can be very helpful with altering conduct if used in the correct manner in an individual’s everyday life.
When I was younger around the age of seven, my siblings and I would go to our grandparent’s home in the rural country parts of North Carolina. We would venture outside every day to play with the farm animals. Our first day there, my grandmother came outside around noon time and rang a bell that was attached to a string that hung like a fixture to her house. There was an unconditioned response with my siblings and me because we did not know why she was ringing a bell (neutral