The world of psychology is relatively young. However, when studying the impact it has had on the field of science, such work should never go unnoticed. There have been many subdivisions of psychology that have emerged over several years. From Functionalism to Psychoanalysis and so on, each contains prominent key figures that change the mindset of many people towards the importance of understanding the mind and action of humankind. Psychology of learning has introduced several renowned psychologists in the past centuries. In the article, Drool, by Michael Specter, he helps the reader enter the world behind the most distinguished figures of learning psychology, Ivan Pavlov, and the real motive behind the infamous dog salvation experiment. The …show more content…
Readers are informed that the research was never in the intentions of psychology but through Pavlov 's curiosity on the dog’s digestive system. By sham feeding, which actually means the removing of the esophagus to make an opening, the dog would eat but the food would never reach its stomach. According to Todes, the creation of more fistulas, the aberrant connections of organs, allowed Pavlov to obtain various secretions which helped him “measure their quantity and chemical properties in great detail,” With all honesty, the method that was used to obtain such facts was undoubtedly disturbing. However, the contributions that came along with it truly changed the way we study the mind, learning and human …show more content…
With such a steady growth, it has become very beneficial to the science community. The study of the mind, learning, and human behavior has shaped psychology in the way it is viewed today. The works of many prominent psychologists should never go unnoticed. The works of Ivan Pavlov truly revolutionized the study and method many psychologists undergo. According to Specter, classical conditioning has allowed not only understanding the actions of animals but the treatment of psychiatric disorders and phobias. The connection of psychology and physiology, which was one of Pavlov 's main goals, can be linked to the rise of psychology. The use of fMRIs in today 's medical treatments has allowed tremendous opportunities to study the neurons in the brain and how it affects behavior. He is without a doubt a very important
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The development of psychology like all other sciences started with great minds debating unknown topics and searching for unknown answers. Early philosophers and psychologists such as Sir Francis Bacon and Charles Darwin took a scientific approach to psychology by introducing the ideas of measurement and biology into the way an indi...
The study of psychology began as a theoretical subject a branch of ancient philosophy, and later as a part of biological sciences and physiology. However, over the years, it has grown into a rigorous science and a separate discipline, with its own sets of guidance and experimental techniques. This paper aims to study the various stages that the science of psychology passed through to reach its contemporary status, and their effects on its development. It begins with an overview of the historical and philosophical basis of psychology, discusses the development of the various schools of thought, and highlights their effects on contemporary personal and professional decision-making.
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Synopsis of Article: This article explains the relationship between Education and Psychology and how Psychology plays a dominant role in understanding ideas and the material in Education. It delineates the contribution of psychology to education from the view of society and then from the work of a psychologist. It focuses on natural tendencies in human nature that influence the learning process and also the affect our surroundings have on learning. The article shows how Psychology contributes to methods of teaching and also methods of learning tremendously. It explains the importance of psychologists in making new discoveries and progression in all aspects of psychology and the role these discoveries play in Education. The article also informs us how intelligence stems from our offspr...
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The writings and findings of Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, and B.F. Skinner have done much for the advancement of modern psychology. Many of the important findings in psychology from their theory of behaviorism, later evolving into the social-learning theory or cognitive social-learning theory. Proponents of the learning perspective think that mentalism should be abandoned for behaviorism. Psychologists should concentrate on observation and direct measurement rather focusing on introspection.
...I can strongly relate his concept because it applies to us internally, rather than just animals alone. Thus, I feel closer to his concept more than other theories. For example, positive reinforcement is a psychology key word that means to input a factor that would increase behavior of an individual, but not many people understand what exactly does that mean. This would be the right time to point out a practical real life situation that best fit an example of positive reinforcement. Whereas the Pavlov's concept of respondent conditioning is still much more difficulty to comprehend, when the concept does not apply internally to you, then it would be harder to grasp the idea. Dog's owner may be interested in respondent conditioning since they love dog in generally; however, if you cannot apply the concept to yourself, it would harder to see the big picture of reality.
Pavlov’s theory is known has classical conditioning ‘He is remembered for the salivating dogs which illustrates very usefully the central behaviourist idea that behaviour can be predicted, measured and controlled, and that learning a matter of stimulus and response (Wallace 2007:97).’
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Psychology is the investigation of the mind and how it processes and directs our thoughts, actions and conceptions. However, in 1879 Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Nevertheless, the origins of psychology go all the way back thousands of years starting with the early Greeks. This foundation is closely connected to biology and philosophy; and especially the subfields of physiology which is the study of the roles of living things and epistemology, which is the study of comprehension and how we understand what we have learned. The connection to physiology and epistemology is often viewed as psychology, which is the hybrid offspring of those two fields of investigation.
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Jhon B Watson, a behaviorist, conducted an experiment inspired by the Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov to determinate the classical condition in humans. Little Albert experiment was conducted in a 9 month old baby whom a rat is showed to see his r...
There are five main contributors to behaviorism. They are Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, B.F. Skinner, Albert Bandura, and Joseph Wolpe. The beh...
Hergenhahn, B. R., & Henley, T. B. (2014). An introduction to the history of psychology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.