Pavlov and
Skinner were two psychologists who pioneered the ideas of conditioning, contributing greatly to
behavior theory and helping to develop new ideas and techniques for training and changing
behavior. Both of them were deeply involved with the idea that behaviors were conditioned and
therefore learnedand thus could be changed.
Pavlov, famous for his experiment
with feeding dogs while ringing a bell to train them to salivate at the sound of said bell,
believed in what he called "classical conditioning." He trained behaviors based on
external events. He placed an instigation signal and stimulus to train unconscious behaviors in
the dogs. He believed that a stimulus would create a reflexive response, and that response could
be adapted.
Skinner, on the other hand, dealt with conscious behaviors and
decisive actions of individuals. Experimenting primarily with rats, he rewarded and punished
certain behaviors, training them to do specific things such as pulling levers. His belief
was...
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