Ivan pavlov classical conditioning in humans

Aspect of learning procedure

"Pavlov's dog" and "Pavlovian" redirect here. For the Pavlovian Upper Paleolithic culture, see Pavlovian culture.

Ivan pavlov classical conditioning in humans

For other uses, see Pavlov's dog (disambiguation).

Classical conditioning (also respondent conditioning and Pavlovian conditioning) is a behavioral procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g.

food, a puff of air on the eye, a potential rival) is paired with a neutral stimulus (e.g. the sound of a musical triangle). The term classical conditioning refers to the process of an automatic, conditioned response that is paired with a specific stimulus.^[1]

The Russian physiologistIvan Pavlov studied classical conditioning with detailed experiments with dogs, and published the experimental results in In the study of digestion, Pavlov observed that the experimental dogs salivated when fed red meat.^[2] Pavlovian conditioning is distinct from operant conditioning (instrumental condition