The experience of Ivan Pavlov and his dogs is one of the best known and most notable in the history of psychology, thanks to this small accidental discovery a psychological theory of learning has been launched, so Pavlov’s studies helped us understand associative learning through classical conditioning.
Classical conditioning consists in the association of an initially neutral stimulus with a significant stimulus, so when the neutral stimulus occurs, in the absence of the other stimulus, a response similar to that that would occur if the significant stimulus were presented. associating stimuli, even disparate ones, helps us in different everyday situations.
- To address the understanding of classic packaging.
- We will address two aspects: first.
- We will talk about Pavlov’s experience and its research.
- Then we will talk about the components that make up this type of packaging.
Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, studied the salivation of dogs in the presence of food, in this context, noticed one day that dogs began salivating before seeing food, only subjecting dogs to the conditions of the experiment. made them react by salivation.
Pavlov’s inference was that his dogs had associated the experience with the presentation of food, so, to unravel the mysteries of this learning, Pavlov began to design a series of experiments aimed at testing his hypothesis that when stimuli are presented contingently, they are associated.
The experiment that demonstrated the existence of classical conditioning associated a bell sound with food. To do this, Pavlov placed several salivation counters in several. The procedure was to ring a bell and then present the food. Evidently, after the presentation of the food, the counters indicated salivation in the dogs.
After a series of presentations of the two stimuli (bell and food), Pavlov managed to combine them, which was demonstrated because the sound of the bell alone could cause salivation in dogs, however, it is important to note that this was less than salivation. presented before the meal.
This experiment has shown that an initially neutral stimulus can cause a completely new response by associating it with a significant stimulus, so this is called classic packaging.
When it comes to analyzing classical conditioning, it can be said to consist of four main elements. These components are unconditional and conditioned stimulus, and unconditional and conditioned response. Understanding the relationships and formation of these components will help us understand classic conditioning.
Here’s a brief explanation of each of these components and the relationship between them:
Studies that have emerged on classical conditioning have helped us to understand more in depth many aspects of human learning, thanks to him we know the emergence of phobias or the connection of emotions with new stimuli, Pavlov ignited the spark so that we could understand a lot of what we know today about learning and conditioning.
The classic packaging consists of the interaction of these components. The presentation of a neutral stimulus with an unconditional stimulus will on numerous occasions transform the neutral stimulus into a conditioned stimulus, so the conditioned stimulus will result in a conditioned response, similar to the unconditional one, in this way a new learning will occur. created through the combination of stimuli.