Ivan Pavlov
Interviewer: Mr. Pavlov,its very nice to see you!
Pavlov: Indeed where shall we begin?
Interview: We will start with the basics, when were you born?
Pavlov: I was born on September 14, 1849, at Ryazan, Russia. Because I was born into a large family, poverty was always an issue. My father, Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov, was the village priest and I tended to the church property. i I inherited many of his father's characteristics including a strong will to succeed.
Interviewer: Mr. Pavlov can you briefly describe to me your views on psychology.
Pavlov: I am a behaviorist. James B. Watson is whose beliefs I stem from. I believe in Behaviorism which is more concerned with behavior than with thinking, feeling, or knowing. It focuses on the objective and observable components of behavior.
Interviewer: Can you tell me a little about your idea of classical conditioning?
Pavlov: I pioneered the idea of classical conditioning. It is a form of behavioral learning in which previously neutral stimulus acquires the power to elicit the same innate reflex produced by another stimulus.
Interviewer: Did you do any types of experiments testing classical conditioning. If so what were they?
Pavlov: Yes, I conducted an experiment in which I placed dogs in a restraining apparatus to test classical conditioning. I then presented the dogs with a neutral stimulus, for my experiment I used the bell as the neutral stimulus. Before every feeding I would ring the bell and then feed the dogs. Through its association with food the neutral stimulus became the conditioned stimulus eliciting salvation. So by training the dogs to expect food after the bell I made them dependent, and when the bell rang there mouths began to salivate because they knew food was coming.
Interviewer: Did you discover anything else through this experiment.
Pavlov: Yes, I discovered extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimation.
Interviewer: What are those?
Pavlov: Extinction is when a conditioned response is elimated by repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus. So in this case the bell with no food. Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of the extinguished conditioned response after a time delay. Generalization is the idea that common things will generate similar responses, and lastly discrimation occurs when an organism learns to responded to one stimulus but not to stimuli that are similar.
Interviewer: Thank you for your time.
Pavlov: Indeed where shall we begin?
Interview: We will start with the basics, when were you born?
Pavlov: I was born on September 14, 1849, at Ryazan, Russia. Because I was born into a large family, poverty was always an issue. My father, Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov, was the village priest and I tended to the church property. i I inherited many of his father's characteristics including a strong will to succeed.
Interviewer: Mr. Pavlov can you briefly describe to me your views on psychology.
Pavlov: I am a behaviorist. James B. Watson is whose beliefs I stem from. I believe in Behaviorism which is more concerned with behavior than with thinking, feeling, or knowing. It focuses on the objective and observable components of behavior.
Interviewer: Can you tell me a little about your idea of classical conditioning?
Pavlov: I pioneered the idea of classical conditioning. It is a form of behavioral learning in which previously neutral stimulus acquires the power to elicit the same innate reflex produced by another stimulus.
Interviewer: Did you do any types of experiments testing classical conditioning. If so what were they?
Pavlov: Yes, I conducted an experiment in which I placed dogs in a restraining apparatus to test classical conditioning. I then presented the dogs with a neutral stimulus, for my experiment I used the bell as the neutral stimulus. Before every feeding I would ring the bell and then feed the dogs. Through its association with food the neutral stimulus became the conditioned stimulus eliciting salvation. So by training the dogs to expect food after the bell I made them dependent, and when the bell rang there mouths began to salivate because they knew food was coming.
Interviewer: Did you discover anything else through this experiment.
Pavlov: Yes, I discovered extinction, spontaneous recovery, generalization, and discrimation.
Interviewer: What are those?
Pavlov: Extinction is when a conditioned response is elimated by repeated presentation of the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus. So in this case the bell with no food. Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of the extinguished conditioned response after a time delay. Generalization is the idea that common things will generate similar responses, and lastly discrimation occurs when an organism learns to responded to one stimulus but not to stimuli that are similar.
Interviewer: Thank you for your time.