Comment on Pavlov's conditioning
Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Pavlov’s dog is not notable for showing that dogs could be conditioned (bell = food time)
What it did was show that a conditional response (bell = food time) could cause a reflexive response (saliva)
Classical conditioning is not the same as associative learning.
Pavlov’s dog is not about associating Thing A with Thing B - that didn’t need a russian scientist to prove.
samus12345@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fwoggey@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I didn’t know that! Also apparently the Barenaked Ladies had it right when they wrote Brian Wilson:
It’s a matter of instinct It’s a matter of conditioning and a matter of fact You can call me Pavlov’s Dog Ring a bell and I’ll salivate