Theories and Concepts
Classical Conditioning
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Classical conditioning (also respondent or Pavlovian conditioning) is a behavioral procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus until the neutral stimulus alone triggers the response. Pavlov demonstrated it with dogs, pairing a metronome with food until the sound alone produced salivation, and published his results in 1897.
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Core ClaimPairing a neutral stimulus with a biologically potent one repeatedly causes the neutral stimulus alone to elicit the response the potent stimulus originally caused. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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- Also in Education Atlas: Behaviourism, discusses this subject there.
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1. Wikipedia: Classical conditioning
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Classical conditioning (also respondent conditioning and Pavlovian conditioning) is a behavioral procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food, a puff of air on the eye) is paired with a neutral stimulus.
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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.
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studied classical conditioning with detailed experiments with dogs, and published the experimental results in 1897
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