What Pavlov's famous experiment taught us about learned behavior Even if you don't know a whole lot about psychology, you've ...

Classical and operant conditioning compete in the brain, preventing simultaneous learning of conflicting actions.

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Maybe next year, Barry. The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov stumbled on the theory of classical conditioning (or the ‘Pavlovian response’) entirely by accident while researching dogs ...

Every day we form countless new associations among objects and contexts. When these associations carry emotional valence, such as in Pavlovian fear conditioning, learning is rapid and persistent. In ...

Operant conditioning, as opposed to Pavlovian, gives a positive reward, in this case dog treats, to reinforce a desired behavior. Traditionally operant conditioning involved dispensing the treat ...