PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Classical Conditioning, Food Presentation, Lightning
1 Dec 2017
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We experience more than one type of learning; When you think of learning, perhaps an image of a student in a classroom or someone reading a book in a library comes to mind. Undoubtedly, this conscious type of learning is important, but it"s only one side of the coin. Classical conditioning: allows us to associate two related events and instrumental conditions allows us to associate actions and consequences. The foundation for classical conditioning was done by the famous russian physiologist ivan pavlov in the 1890s and 1900s. In fact, classical conditions is also called pavlovian conditioning to honour his contributions. Pavlov was interested in the stages of digestion, which began with salivation in the mouth as food was first ingested. Pavlov made an extraordinary observation: dogs would begin to salivate even before any food reaches their mouth. It was as if an early step in the process of digestion was triggered even before the food stimulus arrived.
