Question

Pavlov's learning is based on the assumption that the behavior of the living organism is :

• A. Creative
• B. Voluntary
• C. Intelligent
• D. Mechanical

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Mechanical

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

• Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was a Russian physiologist.
• During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Pavlov and his associates were working in a laboratory in St. Petersburg on the digestive process of dogs. 
• Pavlov's learning is based on the assumption that the behavior of the living organism is mechanical.
• According to this viewpoint, learning is the 'formation of conditioned reflexes' or "acquisition of involuntary anticipatory adjustment" or "habit formation". 
• This controlled learning is conditioned learning. 
• In this the thing to be learned is termed as, 'cue stimulus', and this is then followed by a satisfying stimulus.
• This combination is repeated again and again and ultimately the learning of the "cue stimulus" is established. This is conditioned learning. 
• Conditioned learning is also accompanied by a generalization of the experience.