I’ve been watching a film of Pavlov’s conditioning experiments that was (I believe) taken in his lab. I was surprised to discover that, in an experiment on a child, they seemed to be studying what eventually came to be called “operant conditioning,” not “Pavlovian conditioning.” I know that early learning researchers did not make a clear distinction between the two. But I was surprised that Pavlov and his colleagues apparently confused the two, as well.
In the experiment, a boy was conditioned to open his mouth when his hand was stimulated. When he did this, a cookie was “shot” into his mouth. The film states that the “conditioned reflex” is opening the mouth in response to hand stimulation. I need to get to class, but you can watch the clip here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gmqf25fexkq6pja/Pavlov%20-%20Operant%20Conditioning%20in%20Humans.mp4?dl=0 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social/Behavioral Sciences Scottsdale Community College 9000 E. Chaparral Road Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 Office: SB-123 Fax: (480) 423-6298 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJeffryRicker/timeline/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeffry-ricker/3b/511/438 --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47071 or send a blank email to leave-47071-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
