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Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2013-09-26, at 4:11 PM, sbl...@ubishops.ca wrote: > On 2013-09-26, at 10:14 AM, michael sylvester wrote: >> >> In his original classical conditioning experiment,Pavlov used > >> a) a bell >> b) a metronome >> c) both >> > To which Chris Green responded: > >> Both, but it depends on what you mean by "original." > > and to which I demur: > > Evidence that Pavolv used a bell in classical conditioning, > especially the ding-dong type invariably shown in illustrations, is > weak to non-existent. It appears to be one of the great myths of > psychology, on a par with Freud's alleged iceberg metaphor. > > There is no mention of one in his major work _Conditioned Reflexes_, > and none is shown used in classical conditioning in the great Russian > director Pudovkin's silent film "Mechanics of the Brain" (1926) > [Mekhanika Golovnovo Mozga] which depicts work in Pavlov's > laboratory. I know because I watched it. What sources do exist > pointing to one are untrustworthy (Time magazine, for example). But > Pavlov did use a metronome. > > I looked into this at one time with the thought of doing something > about it, and I have some idea of when and where the myth originated. > So far I've done nothing, but I'm keeping quiet just in case I ever > do. > > Stephen > > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=28136 > or send a blank email to > leave-28136-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=28139 or send a blank email to leave-28139-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
