Ivan Pavlov

Pavlov demonstrated that animals could be classically conditioned through the experimentation of dogs. Watson extended his research to show that humans could also be conditioned through the classical conditioning of human emotion. Watson’s work regarding…

Kristen Hurst Professor Swain Psychology 101 29 October 2016 Little Albert & Conditioned Emotions In the early 1900s, classical conditioning, inspired by Ivan Pavlov, had become quite a topic. John B. Watson noted this theory, and wondered if it was possible to classically condition human beings. Watson chose to classically condition a healthy infant, who almost never cried, so that the child would not have witnessed any negative experience prior to this study. Because Albert never cried, it…

On January 9th, 1878, John Broadus Watson was born in Travelers Rest, South Carolina to Emma and Pickens Watson. John B. Watson’s mother was an immensely devoted Christian who would austerly follow several religious ideals. In hopes he would join the clergy as he came of age, Emma Watson named John B. Watson after a Baptist minister. Pickens Watson had antithetical beliefs in contrast of Emma Watson. Pickens Watson had a different set of rules and often “...drank, had extra-marital…

Part I: Applications of Classical Conditioning Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder The treatment of the dissociative identity disorder follows a consistent observance of psychological requirements. It is important to understand that therapists have the tendency to clearly understand the best practices regarding medication. Classical conditioning is one of the methods that can be used to ensure that dissociative identity disorder patients get their treatment. Dissociative…

What is “Centrifugal Bumble Puppy”? Why is it important for games to require a complicated apparatus? Centrifugal Bumble Puppy is a game. It is played with kids circled around a chrome steel tower and a ball is thrown up so it can land on top of the tower. Then it goes down through the interior of the tower and come out through a whole and it has to be caught. The kids are taught to rely on the complex machinery and it increases the consumption of material goods and therefore to boost the…

Behaviorism is a theory of animal and human learning that only focuses on objectively observable behaviors and discounts mental activities. Theorists define learning as nothing more than the acquisition of new behavior. Theorists identify conditioning as a universal learning process that can be measured. Cognitivism focuses on the “brain”. How humans process and store information in the process of learning. Is the perspective in change in mental representations and associations brought by…

• Question #1: What is classical conditioning? Please briefly explain the process of how it occurs. What are two examples of a teacher using it in a classroom? (pg. 102) Scientist Pavlov discovered classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is the process that happens when a natural response happens to a conditioned stimuli. Before conditioning, there is an unconditioned stimulus with an unconditioned response and a neutral stimuli with no response. Then, the neutral stimuli is paired with…

This study will be guided by James-Lange: Theory of Emotion In 1884 and in 1885, theorists William James and Carl Lange might have separately proposed their respective theories on the correlation of stress and emotion, but they had a unified idea on this relationship - emotions do not immediately succeed the perception of the stressor or the stressful event; they become present after the body’s response to the stress. For instance, when you see a growling dog, your heart starts to race, your…

In the Forty Studies readings 9-12 the passages touch on emotions and the research implemented to prove how are emotions are tested. Reading 9 discusses Pavlov’s experiment testing the salvation and digestion of dogs. The experiment utilizes significant terms like responses and stimulus to acknowledge the dog’s actions. Classical conditioning establishes the theory tested in Pavlov’s trial demonstrating how are emotions is tested in an unfamiliar situation. Pavlov’s study was an important…

just just measuring if and how much a dog would salivate during digestion. The dog would salivate quickly when it saw the food but after repeatedly doing the same test Pavlov noticed that the dog started to salivate even before the food was presented and that even just listening to his footsteps the dog would start to salivate. Pavlov wanted to find out why this was happening so he wanted to find out by “systematically varying the stimuli and watching the reaction” of the dog. He used bells,…