Name: ___Veneille Florence Siva___ Curr/Yr&Sec:_BTLED ICT 2-A___ Date: ____________________

Classical Conditioning Theory (Ivan Pavlov)

1. What is behaviourism? (You can research on this)

Behaviorism is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning,
and conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment. Behaviorists believe that our actions are
shaped by environmental stimuli. In simple terms, according to this school of thought, also known as behavioral
psychology, behavior can be studied in a systematic and observable manner regardless of internal mental states.
Behavioral theory also says that only observable behavior should be studied, as cognition, emotions, and mood
are far too subjective.

2. What is classical conditioning theory? (You can research on this)

Classical conditioning—also sometimes referred to as Pavlovian conditioning—uses a few different

terms to help explain the learning process. Knowing these basics will help you understand classical
conditioning. Discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, classical conditioning is a type of unconscious
or automatic learning. This learning process creates a conditioned response through associations between an
unconditioned stimulus and a neutral stimulus.

Describe Pavlov’s experiment based from the pictures. (Your answers should be based from your own
interpretation and not from the internet).

In my own interpretation, before conditioning, in the unconditioned stimulus, the dog salivates when he
sees the food. In neutral stimulus, the dog has no response or he did not salivate when hearing the bell. During
conditioning, the dog hears the bell and he saw the food, this will be resulted to the dog’s salvation. After
conditioning, this experiment uses the repetition process. Upon hearing the bell, the dog already knew that it
was dinner time as you can see in the picture he is salivating.
3. Consider this example:

Every time our teacher claps 3x she told us to stand. After many times of doing that, we immediately
stand by just hearing 3 claps without his instruction to stand.

At the end of the process, therefore, clapping is a conditioned stimulus (CS) and standing is
a conditioned response (CR) to the stimulus.

a. In the classroom
For example, every morning when we go to school, the teacher always tell us to clean the classroom. As
the times go by, by repeating the instructions, consistently we cleaned the classroom on our own without the
command of our teacher.

b. At home
For example, mom would always tell us to wash the dishes after dinner. After many times of hearing
that instruction, we would be gathering all the plates and wash the dishes without her command.