Ivan Pavlov
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If you ever heard about Pavlovian Dog, then you need to know about this guy. This lens is about Ivan Pavlov. He was an amazing physiologist, psychologist and a physician. He is a scientist who won a Nobel Prize because of his research on saliva. But later on he focused on psychology and founded the Pavlovian Theory of Classical Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
His Life
Ivan Pavlov was born in Ryazan, Russia. He began his education at the Ryazan Ecclesiastical Seminary, but then dropped out and enrolled in the University of Saint Petersburg to study the natural sciences. He received his doctorate in 1879.
In the 1890s, Pavlov was researching the gastric function of dogs by externalizing a salivary gland so he could collect, measure and analyze the saliva and what response it had to food under different conditions. He noticed that the dogs tended to salivate before food coated with chili powder was actually delivered to their mouths, and set out to investigate this "psychic secretion", as he called it.
This is the beginning where he start focusing on psychology (The term psychology is still not used at that time). He decided that this was more interesting than the chemistry of saliva, and changed the focus of his research, carrying out a long series of experiments in which he manipulated the stimuli occurring before the presentation of food. He thereby established the basic laws for the establishment and extinction of what he called "conditional reflexes" - i.e., reflex responses, like salivation, (now known as Classical Conditioning) that only occurred conditionally upon specific previous experiences of the animal.
These experiments were carried out in the 1890s and 1900s, and were known to western scientists through translations of individual accounts, but first became fully available in English in a book published in 1927.
Unlike many pre-revolutionary scientists, Pavlov was highly regarded by the Soviet government, and he was able to continue his researches until he reached a considerable age. Moreover, he was praised by Lenin and as a Nobel laureate.
After the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934, Pavlov wrote several letters to Molotov criticizing the mass persecutions which followed and asking for the reconsideration of cases pertaining to several people he knew personally.
In later life he was particularly interested in trying to use conditioning to establish an experimental model of the induction of neuroses. He died in Leningrad. His laboratory in Saint Petersburg has been carefully preserved as a museum.
Conscious until his very last moment, Pavlov asked one of his students to sit beside his bed and to record the circumstances of his dying. He wanted to create unique evidence of subjective experiences of this terminal phase of life. The great scientific courage of Pavlov is exhibited by this story: he tried to learn, and to increase knowledge not just physiology but psychology as well, even on his deathbed.
In the 1890s, Pavlov was researching the gastric function of dogs by externalizing a salivary gland so he could collect, measure and analyze the saliva and what response it had to food under different conditions. He noticed that the dogs tended to salivate before food coated with chili powder was actually delivered to their mouths, and set out to investigate this "psychic secretion", as he called it.
This is the beginning where he start focusing on psychology (The term psychology is still not used at that time). He decided that this was more interesting than the chemistry of saliva, and changed the focus of his research, carrying out a long series of experiments in which he manipulated the stimuli occurring before the presentation of food. He thereby established the basic laws for the establishment and extinction of what he called "conditional reflexes" - i.e., reflex responses, like salivation, (now known as Classical Conditioning) that only occurred conditionally upon specific previous experiences of the animal.
These experiments were carried out in the 1890s and 1900s, and were known to western scientists through translations of individual accounts, but first became fully available in English in a book published in 1927.
Unlike many pre-revolutionary scientists, Pavlov was highly regarded by the Soviet government, and he was able to continue his researches until he reached a considerable age. Moreover, he was praised by Lenin and as a Nobel laureate.
After the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934, Pavlov wrote several letters to Molotov criticizing the mass persecutions which followed and asking for the reconsideration of cases pertaining to several people he knew personally.
In later life he was particularly interested in trying to use conditioning to establish an experimental model of the induction of neuroses. He died in Leningrad. His laboratory in Saint Petersburg has been carefully preserved as a museum.
Conscious until his very last moment, Pavlov asked one of his students to sit beside his bed and to record the circumstances of his dying. He wanted to create unique evidence of subjective experiences of this terminal phase of life. The great scientific courage of Pavlov is exhibited by this story: he tried to learn, and to increase knowledge not just physiology but psychology as well, even on his deathbed.
Ivan Pavlov in the News
- The Zynga Abyss
- In the 1890s, while studying natural sciences at the University of Saint Petersburg, a Russian mathematician named Ivan Pavlov was analyzing dogs' saliva output over time. Pavlov noticed that dogs tended to salivate more before eating and that merely ...
- Tax cuts for rich make GOP salivate
- Charlie Dent, have displayed proof that Ivan Pavlov was right when he wrote about his study of conditioned reflexes. They are locked into the current obligatory Republican knee-jerk: Ring the "lower taxes for millionaires and billionaires" bell, ...
- Tainted Love
- Much in the same way Ivan Pavlov trained his dogs to salivate at the ring of a bell, capitalism has managed to induce a similar response through the use of mass media. This is most apparent by how people go about their daily routines with little ...
- Fear mechanism studied
- The Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov first discovered the phenomenon. In humans, the conditioned, physiological response has previously been thought to be linked to conscious expectancy. In other words, if you are consciously expecting a shock, ...
“He tried to increase knowledge not just physiology but psychology as well, even on his deathbed”
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Twits - Ivan Pavlov
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- @ivan_pavlov RT @dupulet_60 https://t.co/ecnMrlsa
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- IngridvMeggelen
- 'Zodra zijn hond aan de buitendeur krabbelde, trok Ivan Pavlov in een refleks zijn overjas aan.' #vanKootenendeBie
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- AnggunSuwarto
- Ivan pavlov dg anjingnya :D RT @psikologizone: Bukan #psikoloanalisa, tapi #psikoanalisa, ada yang punya pendapat tentang #psikoanalisa
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- BatuhanGezmis
- RT @Lady_RT: Asla her şeyi bildiğini sanma.Gerçekten çok bilgili olsan da, kendi kendine “ben cahilim’’ diyebilecek cesaretin daima olmalı.*İvan Pavlov*
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- gunesmehmet1
- RT @Lady_RT: Asla her şeyi bildiğini sanma.Gerçekten çok bilgili olsan da, kendi kendine “ben cahilim’’ diyebilecek cesaretin daima olmalı.*İvan Pavlov*
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- saadetsuper
- RT @Lady_RT: Asla her şeyi bildiğini sanma.Gerçekten çok bilgili olsan da, kendi kendine “ben cahilim’’ diyebilecek cesaretin daima olmalı.*İvan Pavlov*
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- Lady_RT
- Asla her şeyi bildiğini sanma.Gerçekten çok bilgili olsan da, kendi kendine “ben cahilim’’ diyebilecek cesaretin daima olmalı.*İvan Pavlov*
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- AlisonGranados
- Q aprendi hoy? Q no se nada dl psicoanalisis ni dl ivan pavlov :( clase d futura psicologa!!
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- whitneyanne12
- @sir_ivan_Pavlov Has the BEST voices ever!!! #theyreamazing
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- nocomprelpan
- Jugar con la gata Coca Sarli a: ¿Qué haría Iván Pavlov con tu comida?
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- Just_Bree_Kay
- #oomf thinks he's Ivan Pavlov..
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- DuncanDutchman
- RT @ZSmit_02: Jus wrote up an experiment to classically condition a baby's reflex response to a dmb song.. Haha Jus call me daddy Ivan Pavlov
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- s0njica
- @erindhuber Ivan Pavlov can smd #smh
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- ZSmit_02
- Jus wrote up an experiment to classically condition a baby's reflex response to a dmb song.. Haha Jus call me daddy Ivan Pavlov
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- Beverleekgi
- Ivan Pavlov: Exploring the Animal Machine: Hailed as the "Prince of World Physiology," Ivan Pavlov continues to ... http://t.co/VROhMW6i
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- DennyCoates
- "Facts are the air of the scientists. Without them you never can fly." - Ivan Pavlov
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SaintFrantic
Oct 22, 2011 @ 11:24 am | delete
- Great lens.Thanks for introducing me to Ivan Pavlov.
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traveller27
Oct 20, 2011 @ 9:23 am | delete
- I remember him from my studies in psychology. Great idea to feature him.
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Mayflowerblood
Aug 30, 2008 @ 1:35 am | delete
- Interesting info =]
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