pavlov- classical

    Cards (6)

    • what is pavlov demonstrating
      classical conditioning
    • what is classical conditioning
      behaviour learnt via association
    • aim
      pavlov revealed dogs could salivate at a bell if presented while given food
    • method
      dog asssociates sound of bell (neutral stimulus) with the food (unconditioned stimulus) would salivate when the bell went even if no food was present for a conditioned responce
    • AO3- strength
      supports watson and rayners research of little albert as it demonstrates how a phobia can be learnt and the theory is also a treatment on removing phobias
    • AO3 limitation
      differences between animal and human behaviour so isnt fully reliable to represent humans and also ignores biology and phobias can be genetic