PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter III: Psychoneuroimmunology, Classical Conditioning
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Countless human behaviors exist because of a process known as classical conditioning. How pavlov came to make his landmark discoveries and the true significance of his work are not so widely understood. It is logical that in its analysis of the various activities of living matter, physiology should base itself on the more advanced and more exact sciences, physics and chemistry. Looking back on pavlov"s discoveries, it was fortunate for the advancement of psychological science and four our understanding of human behavior that he took the risk and made the change. Pavlov had observed digestive responses occurring to stimuli seemingly unrelated to digestion, and pure physiology could not provide an explanation for this. The answer had to be found in psychology. Pavlov theorized that the dogs had learned from experience in the lab to expect food following the appearance of certain signals.
