Ivan Pavlov and Classical Conditioning
How much has a dog's saliva contributed to psychology? Most would think not at all, but it actually has as Ivan Pavlov accidentally discovered that he could alter the unconscious response of an animal through a process known as classical conditioning. Ivan Pavlov contributed much to psychology through his discovery of classical conditioning.
Classical conditioning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist who loved to work with dogs and their digestive process (Encarta). Pavlov received the Nobel Prize in 1904 because of his work with the digestive process, but left that immediately after he discovered classical conditioning (Gale). Pavlov discovered classic conditioning while studying the digestive process of dogs, noticing how they would salivate to the sound of a bell without food being displayed. After his discovery, he left his previous work immediately to study classical, also known as "Pavlovian" conditioning (Gale).......
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