Cat opened eye (blue), yawned, complained about cheap brand of cat food.ĭay 4: Rang bell. As we discussed briefly in the previous section, classical conditioning is a process by which we learn to associate stimuli and, consequently, to anticipate events. Cat (white) rolled over and snored.ĭay 3: Rang bell. Pavlov (18491936), a Russian scientist, performed extensive research on dogs and is best known for his experiments in classical conditioning (figure below). Pavlov's second attempt, with new cat possibly went something like this:ĭay 2: Rang bell.
Who knows, it might even have rung the bell and conditioned him to open the door as well, just like my cat has conditioned me. The experiment might have worked had the cat not been buggering off to next door where it had already conditions Pavlov's neighbour to give it a nice plate of chicken liver. Many scientific discoveries have been made accidentally while trying ot prove something entirely different. Sure enough, the Pavlov's Cat experiment proves that scientists can be conditioned to eat cat food and that cats eat only when it suits them. His experiments went something along the lines of:ĭay 3: Rang bell, but cat put paw on bell so it only made a 'thunk' sound.ĭay 4: Rang bell, cat said he'd eaten earlier.ĭay 5: Tried to ring bell, but cat had taken batteries out of bell. Pavlov was a Welsh behavioural scientist who conducted experiments into ringing bells and cats eating food. Pavlov's Cats is a far more interesting a subtle experiment into feline-human behaviour. When put into a box with a decaying vial of poison which might or might not release the poison, Shroedinger's Dog chews the vial thus ensuring it ended up in a dead state every time. Let's not concern ourselves with Shroedinger's Dog, a creature so incredibly stupid and perpetually confused it has difficulty being in one state at a time let alone being in two states simultaneously. Pavlovs Cat Postcard 4 x 6 standard postcard Front is printed in vivid color with a luxurious silky finish for an excellent tactile quality Back is. But what of Shroedinger's Dog and Pavlov's Cats? Everyone has heard of Pavlov's Dogs and many have heard of Schroedingers Cat.
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