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In the beginning, Ivan Pavlov's purpose of the experiment was to study the dog's digestive system. He, however, swifted to another purpose once he noticed that the dogs salivated when they saw his lab assistant (who fed them) even when he didn't have food with him.

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What was the unconditioned response in pavlov's experiment?

salivation to the food


What is Pavlov's experiment into the conditioning of dogs?

Pavlov would ring a bell then feed his dogs. He did this for a long time. Then whenever he would ring the bell his dogs would begin to salivate (drool) in anticipation of their food. Basically, he trained his dogs so that they associated the sound of the bell with receiving their food, and therefore whenever they heard a bell they anticipated food and began to drool. It's "conditioned" response, not "unconditional." Conditioned means that they would just give that response naturally, not like "trained" behavior in which the dog would know that "sit" meant he should sit down, and then do it voluntarily. The dog was not thinking, "OK, there's a bell, so that means I should drool now." The drooling (salivating) would happen all by itself. I mean, a human can sit on purpose, right? but you can't drool on purpose, except by thinking about food.


Which biologist first demonstrated conditioning in dogs?

Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist, was the first biologist to demonstrate classical conditioning in dogs. He famously showed that dogs could learn to associate a neutral stimulus, like the sound of a bell, with a reflex response, like salivating for food, through repeated pairings of the two stimuli.


What was the bell ringing called after being paired with the meat powder so that it now produced salivation in Pavlov's experiment with dogs in which he demonstrated classical conditioning?

The bell ringing is called a conditioned stimulus, while the meat powder is an unconditioned stimulus. The process by which the dogs learned to salivate in response to the bell alone is known as classical conditioning.


What is Pavlov's dog?

There were 60 of them that had names, http://web.archive.org/web/20030429054601/http://www.cshl.edu/PDogs/ you can see the 60 names and photos of some of them at the website above. You can also see an article about Dr Tully who discovered the names from this article in Current Biology 2003 http://www.cshl.edu/Archive/pavlovs-flies-researchers-identify-fruit-fly-memory-mutants . This article has 10 of the dogs and their photos. Dr Kathleen Gerbasi Professor Psychology Niagara County Community College Sanborn NY

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What is in independent variable?

in pavlov's experiment the bell is an independent variable. pavlov controlled the bell and recorded the response of the dogs.


What is independent variable in psycology?

in pavlov's experiment the bell is an independent variable. pavlov controlled the bell and recorded the response of the dogs.


What is the aim of the experiment for Pavlov salivating dogs experiment?

Pavlov's experiment was an experiment of classical conditioning. Everyone knows that when a dog sees food it salivates. In Pavlov's experiment, he rang a bell every time he gave food to his dogs. Eventually, Pavlov found that even when he rang the bell, but did not give his dogs food, they would still salivate. The dogs had become conditioned to expect food when they heard the bell. Therefore, even if there was no food given, they would still salivate at the sound of the bell. He proved that an unrelated stimulus could provoke an uncontrollable, biological response.


Does the pavlov ring a bell?

No, "Pavlov" refers to Ivan Pavlov, a Russian physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning in his experiments with dogs. The ringing of a bell was a stimulus used in his experiments to evoke a conditioned response in the dogs.


How many dogs did pavlov use in his experiment?

In every research article I have read about Pavlov's experiment, I have read that there were 2-3 dogs in each experimental instruction. I hope that this has helped a lot of people looking for this answer such I have been for the past three to four months. Have a nice time, and I am glad that I could be of assistance to y'all! -Syd:D


What Nobelist is known for his dogs?

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov


What was special about Ivan Pavlov's experiment?

Ivan Pavlov's experiment demonstrated a significant new phenomenon, the conditioned response, that had previously been unknown to science.


In Pavlov's experiment with dogs in which he demonstrated classical conditioning, what term was used to indicate the dog's salivation when the meat powder was placed on its tongue?

unconditioned response


What famous experiment did Ivan Pavlov do?

Ivan Pavlov did an experiment with dogs that demonstrated that reflexes can be conditioned and supported the idea of "conditioning". His experiment is often referred to as Pavlov's Dogs. Together with his assistant, Ivan Filippovitch Tolochinov, he started this experiment in 1901.While studying the digestive system, he focused on the signals that triggered related reactions, such as the secretion of saliva. His test subjects were dogs. He would put food on the dogs tongue and wait for salivation to occur. He noted that upon even visually seeing food, the dogs would salivate from their salivary glands at the back of their oral cavities. Saliva, as you might know is secreted so that whatever you are swallowing can move through your esophagus comfortably. It also contains salivary amylase, a polysaccharide breaking enzyme.With this in mind, Pavlov was curious as to why, after a while of experimenting, his dogs salivated without even seeing food. What was going on?He furthered his experiment, trying to see if perhaps his tentative hypothesis was correct. Pavlov's experiment was quite simple. He would ring a bell before showing and serving the dogs food. This pattern continued for a while.Afterwards, he simply rang the bell. Even without the food present, the dogs salivated.After the experiment he realized that the dogs were salivating in the very beginning because of the lab coats - every time they were fed, their food was brought by someone in a lab coat.This famous experiment proved that animals could be trained or conditioned to expect a result for an action based on previous experiments. This is referred to as Classical or Pavlovian Conditioning.


What was the unconditioned response in pavlov's experiment?

salivation to the food


Who was the man who did the dog experiment about food?

Ivan Pavlov


Was pavlov researching classical conditioning at the time of its discovery?

Yes, Ivan Pavlov was researching classical conditioning at the time of its discovery. His famous experiment with dogs, where he conditioned them to salivate at the sound of a bell, led to the development of classical conditioning as a psychological concept.