pavlov

Question 1

what is pavlovs aims

Answer 1

to see if associating a reflex with a neutral stimulus causes learning to take place and leads to a conditioned response

Question 2

how many dogs did pavlov use

Answer 2

35 and 9 breeds

Question 3

what was pavlovs conditions

Answer 3

dogs where put in sensory deprived room -eliminating sites and smells
dogs were putin harnesses and tubes surgecly implanted into salivary glands

Question 4

what was pavlovs experimental conidtion

Answer 4

praperaed food was paired with
buzzer metranone and tuning fork
slaiva messuered
presented ns without food

Question 5

what was pavlovs controlled condtion

Answer 5

put food in dogs mouth and measured saliva- baseline

Question 6

what where pavlovs findings

Answer 6

salivated 1-2 seconds -baseline
salivated 5-6 seconds control
salivated 45 seconds experimental

Question 7

what was pavlovs conclucsion

Answer 7

pavlov concluded that dogs can learn by association pair a ns and a ucs to generate a cr behaviour

Question 8

give a reliability strength of Pavlov

Answer 8

standeridesd procedure
all of the 35 dogs where put in the same harness in the same labatory and giving them all the same foods
t/f the findings of a dogs cr and the pairing of a ns and a ucs are easily repliacted and is reliable

Question 9

give a generaliability weakness of pavlovs study

Answer 9

anthropomorphic
one weakness is that the study is anthropermorphic as the study uses dogs to test the pairing of a ns with an ucs. there are many large differances between humans and dogs e.g does have more chromosomes than humans and are more instinctual.
t/f this decreases the generaliability of the findings as the finding s on the role of pairing a ns to a ucs are not representative of human behaviour

Question 10

give a ethical weaknes of pavlovs study

Answer 10

care over caging
the dogs where in a harness for long periods of time in a sensory deprived room with no light or food
t/f this is highly unethical as there was no care over caging

Question 11

give a validity weakness of pavlovs study

Answer 11

ecological validity
the dogs where straped in a harness in s esensory deprived room and given food in a highly controlled lab
t/f the salivation produced is not representative of every day learning mechanisms reducing the validity of the study as it cannot be generalised to the wider population