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Pavlov

Pavlov

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A Russian scientist who studied how dogs learn to respond to sounds
  • proper noun
  • /ˈpæv.lɒv/
: Pavlov
  • I mean, it's like Pavlov’s dog: The bell rings, and he salivates.
  • Ivan Pavlov

What you do is you, you get this warm bread and like Pavlov's dog, your mouth starts whining.

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  • Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov is known for his groundbreaking research on conditioned reflexes through experiments with dogs.

  • We all know about conditioning because Pavlov taught us that if you show a dog, have him hear a sound when they get me.

  • We were worked on for three days by a team of specialists from the Pavlov Institute in Moscow.

  • The dog brain is more complex still, and dogs were used by Ivan Pavlov in his experiments on classical conditioning.

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  • Think of Pavlov and his dogs or Goodall and her chimps.

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  • The experiments conducted by Ivan Pavlov laid the foundation for the field of psychology, particularly in understanding behavior.

  • In psychology classes, students often learn about Ivan Pavlov and his famous experiments with the salivating dogs.

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Etymology

Pavlov comes from the Russian name Pavel, which is like 'Paul', plus the ending -ov that means 'son of'. It is the family name of Ivan Pavlov, the scientist famous for experiments where dogs learned to react to bells, so Pavlov now reminds us of 'learned responses'.