Ivan Pavlov Research Paper

“Some human behaviors are clearly prompted by specific stimuli.” (Pg. 101) An example of this quote would be Pavlov’s theory. I have learned about many psychologist that have made an impact on the world to explain animals and humans minds and behaviors. A few known people I have learned about are Ivan Pavlov, John Watson, Edward Thorndike, B.F. Skinner, and Albert Bandura. The first psychologist I learned about is Ivan Pavlov and he taught the three stages of classical conditioning. Pavlov’s famous experiment is known as “Pavlov’s Dogs.” In Pavlov’s experiment he used a dog and a bell. The bell had such an effect on the dog that when the bell rang the dog salivates naturally. My example of classical conditioning was to eat food every day at

When our friend seen how messy it was it brought back bad memories to him from a past relationship and he became impulsive and started throwing things around, and left. Later the family cleans the garage again and my brother found an old toy that meant a lot to me, and he dropped it by accident and broke it. I got furious and started to be impulsive to him. My brother left crying into his room. Later that day I came and apologized for my actions. He accepted the apology. My mother later comes in my room to talk to me about how I treated my brother and how that was not polite. She reminded me that I was being impulsive to him. She told me my punishment would be to stay in my room and can't go outside today until I learned my lesson. My example relates to vicarious learning because I observed my friends and family. I watched my friends and family through everyday tasks such as hobbies and interests. I paid attention to the environment that triggered the friend of the families’ to act the way he did. Later on, I reproduced the friends’ action by being impulsive. My motivation that changed my behavior was with the help from my mother using negative punishment to help me from doing that behavior