Research Paper On Ivan Pavlov

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Ivan Pavlov, a Russian scientist, worked in many different experiments to identify the psychological processes and mechanisms in mammals. One of his most popular experiments was called Pavlov’s Dog, which caused dogs to salivate as if on command. According to Nobelprize.org, “Pavlov became interested in studying reflexes when he saw that the dogs [in his lab] drooled without the proper stimulus”(Fredholm par. 4) and decided to discover the process of making the dogs do so. During Pavlov’s experiment, food was brought to the dogs, a bell was rung, and dogs salivated in the anticipation of food. Eventually, the dogs began to associate food with the bell, and immediately salivated when it rung, even without food present. Scientists in

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