Classical conditioning - Pavlov

Question 1

What is classical conditioning and who created it?

Answer 1

• Behaviour is learnt by associating two stimuli
• Pavlov (1897)

Question 2

How did Pavlov conduct his research?

Answer 2

• Every time the bell rung Pavlov would give the dog food
• Repeating this when the dog wasn’t given food it would still salivate.
• The dog learned to salivate at the sound