CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

BEHAVIOURIST THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What theorist became famous for his behaviorism on dogs?
A
B. F. Skinner
B
John B. Watson
C
Ivan Pavlov
D
Albert Bandura
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist best known in psychology for his discovery of classical conditioning. During his studies on the digestive systems of dogs, Pavlov noted that the animals salivated naturally upon the presentation of food.

Detailed explanation-2: -We have all heard of Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), the legendary Russian physiologist turned psychologist. He’s famous for the discovery of learning through association that revolutionised psychology, and kickstarted one of the most important and controversial schools of thought in the discipline – behaviourism.

Detailed explanation-3: -With his method of research, Pavlov opened the way for new advances in theoretical and practical medicine. With extreme clarity he showed that the nervous system played the dominant part in regulating the digestive process, and this discovery is in fact the basis of modern physiology of digestion.

Detailed explanation-4: -Classical conditioning is learning through association and was first demonstrated by Ivan Pavlov. Pavlov showed that dogs could be conditioned to salivate at the sound of a bell if that sound was repeatedly presented at the same time that they were given food.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ivan Pavlov Pavlov’s research is regarded as the first to explore the theory of classical conditioning: that stimuli cause responses and that the brain can associate stimuli together to learn new responses.

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