Issues investigation- Ethical Research Practices- Pavlov’s Conditioning Experiment
Ethics is a system of moral value that people differnate right from wrong. The code of ethics that apply to research involving people and animals, underlies strictly of the welfare of both human and nonhuman animals. Psychologist have to conduct their teaching and research compatible with the related laws and regulations. Psychologists have to consider the costs and benefits involving animals. Psychologic research usually involves human subjects, but some psychologists study nonhuman behaviour. Researching with nonhuman subjects has given psychologists a broader understanding of the following:
• Find ways to solve human problems
• Learn more about animal species …show more content…
In addition, the animals involved in research has to be of scientific benefit.
Pavlov’s Conditioning Experiment.
Pavlovian conditioning (classical conditioning) was discovered accidentally by a Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who was studying the salivation in dogs in response to being fed. He noticed this when he entered the room with his dog and his dog would begin to salivate.
In behaviourist terms:
Unconditioned Stimulus (food) >
Unconditioned Response (salivate) Pavlov showed the unconditioned response by giving a dog of food and measuring its salivary secretions. Though, when Pavlov discovered that if any object or event which the dogs learnt to associate with food, the dogs would most always start to …show more content…
Only use painful or stressful procedures with animals when alternative methods are not available or when using these methods would make significant advances to science, education, or its applied value
5. Use anaesthesia when surgery is necessary and minimize pain during and after surgery. If
6. If An Animals life must be terminated it is to be done with minimal pain and as quickly as possible.
(APA Ethical Guidelines for Animal Research and experiments)
Pavlov’s dog conditioning experiment involved presenting a dog with food but not feeding them. This would have caused discomfort to the dog. Pavlov even went to the extreme to cause the dogs to become neurotic. Neurosis is a functional nervous disorder. To recognise a neurotic dog you must identify if the dog is having nervous behavioural functions.
Pavlov did several things to his dogs what people would classed as unethical.
• Pavlov Surgically altered the dogs so that the dogs saliva gland was on the outside so it was easier to measure the saliva produced from the dog. This would have caused discomfort and physical harm to the dogs
• The dogs were held down and strapped/tied, so they couldn’t withdraw at any point
• Pavlov kept the dogs in the lab for long periods of time causing psychological
Ethics is a system of moral value that people differnate right from wrong. The code of ethics that apply to research involving people and animals, underlies strictly of the welfare of both human and nonhuman animals. Psychologist have to conduct their teaching and research compatible with the related laws and regulations. Psychologists have to consider the costs and benefits involving animals. Psychologic research usually involves human subjects, but some psychologists study nonhuman behaviour. Researching with nonhuman subjects has given psychologists a broader understanding of the following:
• Find ways to solve human problems
• Learn more about animal species …show more content…
In addition, the animals involved in research has to be of scientific benefit.
Pavlov’s Conditioning Experiment.
Pavlovian conditioning (classical conditioning) was discovered accidentally by a Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, who was studying the salivation in dogs in response to being fed. He noticed this when he entered the room with his dog and his dog would begin to salivate.
In behaviourist terms:
Unconditioned Stimulus (food) >
Unconditioned Response (salivate) Pavlov showed the unconditioned response by giving a dog of food and measuring its salivary secretions. Though, when Pavlov discovered that if any object or event which the dogs learnt to associate with food, the dogs would most always start to …show more content…
Only use painful or stressful procedures with animals when alternative methods are not available or when using these methods would make significant advances to science, education, or its applied value
5. Use anaesthesia when surgery is necessary and minimize pain during and after surgery. If
6. If An Animals life must be terminated it is to be done with minimal pain and as quickly as possible.
(APA Ethical Guidelines for Animal Research and experiments)
Pavlov’s dog conditioning experiment involved presenting a dog with food but not feeding them. This would have caused discomfort to the dog. Pavlov even went to the extreme to cause the dogs to become neurotic. Neurosis is a functional nervous disorder. To recognise a neurotic dog you must identify if the dog is having nervous behavioural functions.
Pavlov did several things to his dogs what people would classed as unethical.
• Pavlov Surgically altered the dogs so that the dogs saliva gland was on the outside so it was easier to measure the saliva produced from the dog. This would have caused discomfort and physical harm to the dogs
• The dogs were held down and strapped/tied, so they couldn’t withdraw at any point
• Pavlov kept the dogs in the lab for long periods of time causing psychological