Learning

Learning

1. A relatively permanent change in behaviour due to real life experiences

2. Classical Conditioning

   • A procedure during which an animal or a person learns to associate a reflex response with a new stimulus
     • Pavlov
       • Aim; Studying Digestion in dogs; wasnt originally intending to study conditioning
       • Method: Presented food in a bowl to a dog several times, dog salivated even when bowl was empty, Pavlov conditioned dog to salivate even when bowl was empty. Furthered his research by giving the dogs food at the same time as ringing the bell
       • Results: After several times dog salivated(response) to the bell.
       • Conclusion: Dogs associated the bell with salivation. Normally footsteps and a bell would not cause a dog to salivate Dog learned to associate footsteps and the bell with food