pavlov (1972)

Question 1

what was the aim of the study?

Answer 1

to study how the cerebral cortex works in making associations and to look for a mechanism linking reflexes to cerebral cortex

Question 2

what was the procedure?

Answer 2

-dog was restrained in a harness in a cubicle and isolated from all distractions.
-an experimenter observed the dog through a one-way mirror and by remote control, presented the dog with food.
-a tube carried the saliva from the dogs mouth to a glass tube where it was measured

Question 3

what was the reason for the chamber/procedure room?

Answer 3

used to help isolate variables that the dog would have as a stimuli

Question 4

what type of conditioning did Pavlov use?

Answer 4

-forward conditioning
-he carried out a procedure to show that the conditioned stimulus must come before the unconditioned stimulus
-he did this by showing that an electric buzzer 5-10 seconds before meat did not achieve salivation
-but the elctric buzzer appearing with or just slightly before the meat did produce salivation

Question 5

what did Pavlov initially want to study?

Answer 5

how the cerebral cortex works

Question 6

after how many seconds was saliva produced?

Answer 6

9 seconds, by 45 seconds 11 drops had been collected.

Question 7

what did Pavlov find?

Answer 7

dogs had to be alert and have no other stimuli present

Question 8

what happened when the buzzer came after the meat?

Answer 8

no salivation

Question 9

what does Pavlov conclude about signilisation?

Answer 9

-its signilisation in the brain that links the metronome to the food
-signilisation is needed for an organism to survive
- he could repeat the study and have the same findings
-external stimuli present could disrupt the conditioning process