Pavlovs Study

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To investigate if a reflexive behaviour can be produced in situations through classical conditioning - to see if associating an unconditional stimulus with a neutral stimulus causes a condition response

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

35 dogs
Variety breeds
Raised in lab kennels

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

• Placed each dog in a sealed soundproof chamber away from other stimuli (minimise extraneous variables)
• Strapped them into a harness facing forward with a tube attached to their mouth to drain and measure saliva
• Dogs were presented with food and salivated dogs heard the sound and didn’t salivate
• Pavlov paired the sound with the food around 20 times
• After conditioning Pavlov presented the sound without the food

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

Condition dog started to salivate 9 seconds after hearing the sound and by 45 seconds have produced 11 drops of saliva

Question 5

Conclusion

Answer 5

Pavlov discovered classical conditioning and concluded that after the neutral stimulus is paired repeatedly with an unconditioned stimulus the neutral will turn into a condition stimulus producing the condition response
- It becomes an automatic process