What are the characteristics of classical conditioning?
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Conditioning is the process by which animals learn their behaviour patterns, according to the perspective of behaviourism (founded by John B. Watson, 1913).
This approach believes that only quantifiable evidence obtained through direct observation can be used to support psychological theories. Studies tend to use non-human animals and the conclusions are generalised to humans.
Ivan Pavlov discovered the concept of classical conditioning whilst investigating the salivation reflex of dogs. He observed that the dogs salivated in response to stimuli associated with food (for example, the bowl) as well as the food itself. This led him to design his experiment involving the pairing of a bell with the food to produce a salivation response to the bell alone