December 22, 2024
New Delhi, India
Learning School

Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning was proposed by the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. He studied classical conditioning through detailed experiments with dogs and published the experimental results in 1897. So, he described classical conditioning as a learning process where pairing a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus triggers a response. Gradually, the neutral stimulus becomes the conditioned stimulus

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Development School

Harry Harlow’s Pit of Despair: Depression in Monkeys and Men

Dr. Harry Harlow (1905-1981) was an American psychologist known for his controversial research on rhesus monkeys, exploring the nature of love and social isolation. Born in Iowa and educated at Stanford, he established a primate lab at Wisconsin University. His most famous work, “The Nature of Love,” has greatly influenced child development studies. Despite ethical

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