Pavlov And Utilitarianism

In the 20th century behaviorism is regarded as the scientific manifestation of old philosophical ideas. These fundament ideas include empiricism, Associationism, hedonism, and utilitarianism that describes the roots of behaviorism. According to the text, Associationism is the claim that any two things, including ideas, become mentally associated as one if they are repeatedly experienced close together in time. Often but not always, this closeness occurs as the result of a cause-and-effect relationship. For an example, the experience of lightning and thundering happening at one time becomes associated in the mind of this combination. Meaning, if one see lightening they will often associate it with thunder. In the text, it talked about …show more content…
Classical condition required 3 stages. Pavlov used a bell as a neutral stimulus to see if the bell will produce the dog’s salivation. This was stage 1 of the process. The neutral stimulus in classical conditioning does not produce a response until it is paired with the unconditioned stimulus. Stage 2 begin when he brought out the food, which was considered the unconditioned stimulus that produced the dog’s salivation. Pavlov then witness that the dog will produce saliva when smelling the food (unconditioned stimulus). Stage 3, Pavlov rings the bell and then feeds the dogs as he comes to him. This process is known as classical conditioning. Because the dog was fed when the bell was rung, the dog now hears a bell automatically thinks that he is about to get fed which produces salivation when the bell is rung. No matter if the dogs smells the food or
Smith 2 not. This was a part of the classical conditioning process. Relating this to my life, I remember being a kid and seeing my neighbor get arrested by the cops. He was arrested for domestic violence and I remember hearing the sirens before the cops showed up. At the time I