When students first learn about Pavlov's dogs--that dogs learn to salivate to the sound of a bell (the "conditioned stimulus") when the bell had been sounded before the presentation of food (the ...

What Pavlov's famous experiment taught us about learned behavior Fact checked by Sean Blackburn Even if you don't know a whole lot about psychology, you've probably heard of "Pavlov's dogs" or "Pavlov ...

Have you ever wondered exactly why people do what they do? According to a school of thought known as behaviorism, it all comes down to the patterns of learning we've acquired through associations, ...