PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Fear Conditioning, Lightning
10 Jun 2013
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There are two important unconscious learning processes: classical conditioning and instrumental conditioning: classical conditioning: allows us to associate two related events. Instrumental conditioning: allows us to associate actions and consequences. The foundation for classical conditioning was done by the famous russian physiologist: ivan pavlov in the. 1890"s and 1900"s. (classical conditioning aka pavlovian conditioning). 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 salivate even before the delivery of food in their mouth. It was as if an early step in the process of digestion was triggered even before the food stimulus arrived. In pavlov"s famous experiments, the sound of a metronome signalled to a dog that food was about to be delivered. Prior to training, the sound of the metronome had no observable effect on the dog"s behaviour.
