Name: Origin and Development of Plant Science
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 8 s
Description: We derive air, food, clothing and shelter from plants. How do they trap solar energy, make food for us and release oxygen as a byproduct? Let's understand th...

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Explain the behaviour by the means of an experiment?

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In classical conditioning, a relatively neutral or conditioned stimulus comes to signal the occurrence of a biologically significant or unconditioned stimulus such as food or pain. This experiment is performed by repeatedly pairing the two stimuli together, as in Pavlov's experiments with dogs, where a bell was followed by food. As a result, the conditioned stimulus yields a conditioned response that is usually similar to the unconditioned response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus (e.g., salivation in Pavlov's dogs).

Pavlov's experiment with dog-

Pavlov used to give some food to a dog. Usually, the dog salivated on eating the food. He sounded a bell that had nothing to do with salivation. But the continued association of the bell with food caused salivation not only in the response to the food but also to the sound of the bell. So later on when only the bell is rung without giving food, the dog salivates. This shows that the reflex of salivation is acquired by the dog as the result of repeated training.

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