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Pavlov's Dog Experiments

PAHV-lawf (Russian: Павлов)
Behavioral Psychology

Beginning in the 1890s, Ivan Pavlov paired a neutral stimulus, such as the sound of a metronome, with food until dogs began salivating to the stimulus alone, absent food, establishing the terminology of unconditioned stimulus, neutral stimulus and conditioned stimulus. Later analysis found the conditioned and unconditioned responses were not identical (a dog's saliva differed in composition between the two), complicating a simple stimulus-substitution account.

Facts
Partially Attested
Study Design
Controlled Experiment (Lab or Field) 1
Classified as a controlled experiment because the source calls the work detailed experiments with dogs; the source does not describe a formal control group.
Key Finding
Dogs learned to salivate to a previously neutral stimulus once it was repeatedly paired with food, demonstrating classical conditioning. 1
Study Year
1897 1
Method
Participants
Animal Subjects 1
Connections

Associated With

Classical Conditioning, Theories and Concepts

Pavlov's dogs experiments are the founding demonstration of classical conditioning.

Source Wikipedia: Classical conditioning

Conducted By

Ivan Pavlov, Psychologists
Source Wikipedia: Ivan Pavlov

In Branch

Behavioral Psychology, Branches of Psychology
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Russia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: Pavlov's dog (disambiguation)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Classical conditioning
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Pavlov's dogs section
    after a few repetitions, the dogs started to salivate in response to the stimulus
  • body text
    published the experimental results in 1897
  • Definition section, Pavlov experiments sentence
    Ivan Pavlov, the Russian physiologist, studied classical conditioning with detailed experiments with dogs, and published the experimental results in 1897.
  • Associated With: Classical Conditioning, Article body, section on Pavlov's original observations and the metronome-pairing procedure
    Putting these informal observations to an experimental test, Pavlov presented a stimulus (e.g. the sound of a metronome) and then gave the dog food; after a few repetitions, the dogs started to salivate in response to the stimulus.
Wikipedia: Ivan Pavlov
Wikimedia FoundationConducted By: Ivan Pavlov, intro paragraph
Quote, Conducted By: Ivan Pavlov, intro paragraph
known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs
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