CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ivan Pavlov and His Dogs (1903-1935) The Hypothesis: If dogs are susceptible to conditioned responses (drooling), then a dog who is regularly exposed to the same neutral stimulus (metronome/bell) before it receives food will associate this neutral stimulus with the act of eating.

Detailed explanation-2: -A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that at first elicits no response. Pavlov introduced the ringing of the bell as a neutral stimulus.

Detailed explanation-3: -In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus (NS) is a stimulus that initially does not evoke a response until it is paired with the unconditioned stimulus. For example, in Pavlov’s experiment the bell was the neutral stimulus, and only produced a response when it was paired with food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Over time, the sounds of the clicking metronome caused an increase in salivation. This means that the dog learned to associate the metronome and the food with a learned behavior. This response was learned (conditioned), which was referred to as a conditioned response or a Pavlovian response.