Pavlov and Lemonade

This week in class we were talking about classical and operant conditioning. We learned about Pavlov and how he conditioned his dog to salivate everytime he heard a bell. He did this by presenting food after he rang the bell. After doing this over and over, the dog started salivating at the sound of the bell.

We did something similar like this in normal psych last year. My teacher clapped her hands, and then we had to lick a lemonade packet. Our mouths would water, and after we kept doing this, she would clap and our mouths would water, just knowing we were going to have to lick the packet. This is how she showed us what classical conditioning is.