Pavlovian conditioning

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Pavlovian conditioning is a form of associative learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being repeatedly paired with a stimulus that naturally produces that response.

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instanceOf associative learning
classical conditioning
learning process
alsoKnownAs classical conditioning
respondent conditioning
appliedTo addiction research
emotional conditioning
phobia treatment
place preference learning
taste aversion learning
classicExample dog salivation to bell after pairing with food
conditionedResponseExample salivation to bell
conditionedStimulusExample bell sound
contrastedWith operant conditioning
coreConcept associative learning between stimuli
definition a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally elicits that response
developedBy Ivan Pavlov NERFINISHED
doesNotRequire voluntary behavior
firstDemonstratedIn experiments with dogs
focusesOn stimulus-stimulus associations
foundationFor behaviorism
historicalPeriod early 20th century
influenced B. F. Skinner NERFINISHED
John B. Watson NERFINISHED
involves conditioned response
conditioned stimulus
neutral stimulus
unconditioned response
unconditioned stimulus
keyProcess acquisition of association
discrimination
extinction
generalization
spontaneous recovery
namedAfter Ivan Pavlov NERFINISHED
oftenInvolves autonomic nervous system responses
reflexive responses
requires repeated pairings of stimuli
resultsIn conditioned response to previously neutral stimulus
studiedIn animal learning theory
behavioral psychology
neuroscience
theoreticalBasisFor many behaviorist theories
unconditionedResponseExample salivation to food
unconditionedStimulusExample food
usedIn behavior therapy
exposure therapy
systematic desensitization

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behaviorism keyConcept Pavlovian conditioning
subject surface form: Behaviorism
this entity surface form: Classical conditioning
Ivan Pavlov knownFor Pavlovian conditioning
Ivan Pavlov notableConcept Pavlovian conditioning