Pavlov (1927) Flashcards
What did Pavlov’s study involve?
Involved re-routing dogs salivary gland to the outside of their cheek and attaching a test tube to collect their saliva for measurement
What was the UCS in Pavlov’s study?
Food
What was the UCR in Pavlov’s study?
Salivation from the UCS
What was the NS in Pavlov’s study?
The bell
What was the CS in Pavlov’s study?
The bell creating the CR
What was the CR in Pavlov’s study?
Salivation from the CS
Why did Pavlov use a metronome for in his study?
To assess the difference between the learned salivation response
How did Pavlov begin the classical conditioning?
Began by introducing the ticking metronome just before he gave the dog food
This is called forward conditioning
What happened after conditioning?
On hearing the metronome salivation started by 9 seconds and by 45 seconds, 11 drops of saliva had been collected
What are the strengths of Pavlov?
Highly controlled environment
Reliable
Useful applications
What are the weaknesses of Pavlov?
Validity
Generalisation
Brain measurements
Why is a highly controlled environment a strength of Pavlov?
Pavlov found all extraneous stimuli could cause a response so he had to have many controls for noise, vision etc.
Makes his results objective and scientifically credible
Why is reliability a strength of Pavlov?
Pavlov and his team did many repeats and variants of the experiement.
Therefore the experiement is reliable since he gained the same results
Why is useful applications a strength of Pavlov?
Classical conditioing has been used in the treatment of alcoholism
Why is brain measurements a weakness of Pavlov?
Pavlov didn’t have access to direct brain measurements and the mechanism he proposed we now know didn’t exist
