Russian physiologist who discovered classical conditioning — the process by which a neutral stimulus acquires the power to elicit a response through association with an unconditioned stimulus — winning the Nobel Prize in 1904.
Classical conditioning: a dog conditioned to associate a bell with food will salivate at the bell alone — a conditioned reflex. This demonstrated that complex behaviors could be analyzed as chains of reflexes shaped by experience. Foundation of behaviorist psychology.
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