Briefly discuss the Pavlov Video. What did you find most interesting about how it portrayed Pavlov's work? What did you find most suprising about Pavlov's work? Do you think the work protrayedin the video was ehtical for the time?
The Pavlov video, although silent, was a good way to show past experiments on classical conditioning. Pavlov did a variety of different experiments using many subjects such as we saw in the video: dogs, monkeys, and even children. He used these subjects to show many different ways in which conditioning can be implemented, and how it works in some conditions but not others.
I think the most interesting part was when he used the child to demonstrate conditioning. We usually hear all about his studies pertaining to the salvation in dogs, but I have never heard he used children as well. This experimentation proved that even if a creature has brains as complex as humans, we are still subject to conditioning. I did find it a bit unethical strapping the child down and sending what other than cookies into his mouth however.
The most surprising part about Pavlov's work was how advanced he was for his time period. Even though he didn't have some of the technology we have today, he still was able to figure out that the brain was involved in conditioning. He was able to manipulate different circumstances to see what changes can affect the outcome of his experiments. He used advanced medical practices to measure the amount of saliva coming from the dogs.
I think the work may have been considered ethical during that time period. We didnt really have standards for ethical practices in psychology. Actually ethical standards were set for animals before they ever were for humans. Of course now we wouldn't be able to shock dogs or put children into those conditions but during his time those things weren't seen as "harmful" practices. Since he was able to conduct those experiments we know have the informational knowledge he gained from his studies and can apply them in an ethical way today.
Pavlov’s work was a lot more extensive than I thought it was, probably because we are generally only exposed to his classical conditioning work with dogs. Because of this, I thought that most of the video was interesting despite it being incredibly outdated and silent. I thought the experiment with the child was kind of funny because it was absurd, but at that time, it was probably a novel idea.
One thing I was taken off guard by was how unethical his studies were (at least in terms of today’s ethics). Back then, I don’t think they really had any ethical code to abide by which is why he got away with cookie slide that could have potentially caused the child to choke.
So, because no ethical laws existed during this time period, his experiments were ethical; however, I don’t think that some of his experiments could be conducted in today’s world!
I found it interesting to watch the other studies Pavlov did. I was aware that he had done experiments other than the classical conditioning with the dog salivation, but I had never seen any of those before. I believe that my previous comment also leads into the next question about what I found most surprising; he did a lot more than just the classical conditioning studies. Watching his experiments on extinction and differentiation was very interesting.
The work portrayed in the video made me cringe or feel a little sad at time. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it was ethical for the times, but the experiments done were not viewed as bad back then as they would be viewed today. Also Pavlov was Russian so their standards and/or laws about things being ‘ethical’ or not may vary from ours in the United States.
The video was worth watching. Although it did not have sound, it was still possible to learn from the experiments. The stimuli and the reactions to them by the boy, dog, and monkey were all very clear and easy to pick out.
It was enjoyable to see the different experiments he did to test classical conditioning. His methods would never be allowed in today's world. The IRBs would have shot down his request in two winks of a coal miner's eye. Although, in Pavlov's time, nobody thought twice about strapping a child down and dropping cookies into his mouth.
I have never seen a legit video of Pavlov conducting his experiment. I have only seen pictures and heard about them. I am glad I saw this video because now I have a better understanding of how Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning, discrimination, and extinction.
It was interesting to actually see a film of pavlov's work. I never knew that one existed. Also I didnt know about the child or monkey experiments. I knew about the dogs, but I didnt know about the shocking and the acid that was poured into their mouths. It was hard to me to watch the aversive parts of the experiment. Ethically at the time there probably wasnt anything wrong with what he did, but there is no way that would happen today. The child experiment was not dangerous to the child from what we saw of the film, but still I didnt agree with it. The film was a good opportunity to learn something knew about Pavlov other than what is printed in the texts we are given.
What I found most interesting about the video was the other things he used to condition the dogs, like shocks and acid. You never hear about those things, just the meat powder. It showed me that Pavlov really did discover something very important. The most surprising part of the video was the experiment he did on the little boy. It was a simple experiment that didn’t cause any sort of pain but it was just strange to see a little boy in an experiment like that. Although the things he used to condition the dogs, such as shocks and acid, were unethical, his work was very important to psychology.
The video did a good job of portraying how Pavlov did his studies, giving a better perspective on it all than just having to read about it in our book. It showed me what it truly looked like to do shock studies and also how they got the production of saliva. I think the most interesting part about it all was the fact that we were watching actual footage, so it was very real and first hand.
I think the most surprising aspect of Pavlov's work was the use of acid in his studies, because I hadn't heard or expected such a thing to be used for the study if salivation. Those poor dogs really came out on the raw end of a lot of the tests.
For the time I think his studies were fine in terms of ethical practices. He definitely caused harm, but since the studies were so important to psychology, I think he was fine in doing what he did for that time frame.
The Pavlov movie was most beneficial in showing that Pavlov did not only do meat powder with dogs, he did food with humans, and shocking and acid with dogs as well. This i found a little disheartening. but also made me wonder why none of these studies are as famous as the meat powder and saliva one? Is it because these experiments were unethical and people knew it? So for back in the day and even for our time, i do not think some of his experiments were ethical. If they were i think they would be a little bit more known by now.
What was also neat was to see real video of the time. A little commentating would have been nice or some background music but having recovered the film from a fire what they saved was pretty significant.
The Pavlov video appeared, at first glance, to be a boring black and white film. However, I found it elicited very strong emotions in me after I saw some of the the footage. The most interesting thing about video had to be the treatment of the test subjects while conditioning them to target behaviors. I was stunned at the footage of a dog being shocked and the negative emotional response that elicited in me. To be a honest, this is a great film as far as documentation of Pavlov's studies goes, but I found myself very suprised by events like acid being poured in dogs mouths as well as the tying of a child down to a table and conditioning him with cookies. I don't really think this would have been seen as ethical in that time, but maybe I am wrong? I know in psychology much of the rules and guidelines for studies now are very intense and must be strictly followed for studies to be presented as valid or even published. I think these types of regulations were probably less strict back when Pavlov was studying behavior. But again, I was very shocked, no pun intended, at how these studies were actually done. I think we all like to think the best of the situation when we read about Pavlov in text books.
I think the most interesting part was the experiment on classical conditioning in the Pavlov video. It was a good opportunity to watch the scenes relates to classical conditioning in real. I believe I could more understand about though the experiment with dog salivation.
The most surprising part in Pavlov’s work was how he did progression of a diverse experiment for demonstrating about classical conditioning. He used dog, monkey even children for his experiment. Also, I wonder how he could pick these subject.
I think his studies were not bad in the view of ethical practices. People already know these studies were so valuable in psychology field. Also, people who study about psychology can more grasp through this film than just read a book.
Even though the Pavlov video was silent, I found it to be quite interesting. I believe that it was a good way of demonstrating older experiments of classical conditioning, and it showed the experiments in more detail. I think that the display of the experiments was the most interesting part of the video, mainly because I didn’t realize just how many experiments were done by Pavlov, other than the dogs.I also believe that the video was ethical for the time period, but the experiments would definitely not be ethical in today’s society.
I thought what was interesting is the subjects he used that weren’t dogs. Pavlov and his dogs are famous but no one ever talks about the monkeys and the little boy. So it was interesting to see how he worked with other subjects.
It was initially surprising that he was able to use a little boy for an experiment. These days, with the IRB there’s this idea that if it’s not something simple and easy, humans most likely can’t participate. Especially if it requires them being strapped to something, and I assume that the little boy was always hungry so that extinction didn’t occur.
That being said, I think that for the time the video was ethical. It made me uncomfortable to watch the dogs being shocked and of course I have my own moral reservations about keeping a child hungry and then only feeding him cookies, and even then only some of the time. At the time though, I’m sure no one thought anything of it.
The video, in all honesty, almost made me fall asleep or have a seizure. However I pressed on and was able to learn a great deal about how exactly Pavlov's experiments worked. It conveyed a great deal of emotion from the dogs, monkeys, and the child that, until now, i was unaware of. The child appeared to be so uncomfortable while strapped into the chair, however it did give a face to the experiment that I had heard about prior to the video. This video did show exactly what Pavlov had discovered in his experiments about conditioning in a variety of test subjects. I do feel that the experiments were ethical and are are still ethical enough for me to accept today. Nothing was really being hurt within these experiments, save a few dogs that were shocked. Light shocking may be uncomfortable when it happens, but the dogs healed and the information gained from these experiments is very worthwhile.
It took me awhile to get into the Pavlov video. I am so used to videos with vivid pictures and sound, that it was a very different experience. I think it was interesting to see the variety of experiments Pavlov conducted. Before this class, I was only aware of the classical conditioning experiment involving dogs salivating to the sound of a bell (because it was associated with meat powder). The video showed that Pavlov also used monkeys and a child as his test subjects.
Parts of the video were uncomfortable to watch, because Pavlov was inflicting pain on his test subjects. Some examples of this were when he shocked the dogs and poured acid in their mouths. I didn't realize that such extreme measures were used; it was surprising to say the least. I don't think that is violated an ethical code for the time though. If this experiment were conducted today, there would be serious violations of ethics.
I found the video to be shocking at parts. I have often wondered if I would be able to stomach doing research on animals. I realized very quickly that I am a softy for the animals. I found it alarming when Pavlov would retrieve saliva from the dog. I am sure that it was usually not too painful for the dog, but it still was unnerving for me. I did find it interesting how the video portrayed Pavlov as a scientist. The experiments seemed heavily controlled and extremely thorough.
I think that the video was considered ethical for the time. I am not sure that many of the ethical guidelines of today were even in existence at that time. If anything I would guess that the video is an insight into the ethical values of that time period.
I personally found the gadgets that Pavlov used during his experiments to be very interesting. The dogs were all hooked up to machines to measure salivation. Like it stated in the text, many early psychologists made their own equipment as their work was ground breaking. I also found the part about human conditioning to be interesting. The machine that the kid was strapped would've scared the daylights out of me even at this age.
It was nice to see these experiments in action. For weeks now, we've been reading vignettes and looking at classical conditioning like a formula. The video, though primative, at least gave us a visual to work.
I was suprised when Pavlov demonstrated his discrimination training. The monkey, dog and little boy were all able to distinguish different beats from the metronome.
Considering what sort of experiments were going on in Nazi Germany, Pavlov's work was relatively harmless. I don't think the IRB would ever let a researcher strap a boy to a table and force feed him cookies nowadays, but at that point in time it could be seen as ethical. I'm sure if PETA were to hear of these experiments, Pavlov would get an earful.
The video showed different experiments conducted by Pavlov, the research questions he asked, and the way he and his team went about conducting such experiments. He used animals and his initial work was for digestive studies on dogs; however, after particular reactions and behaviors started occurring due to different stimulants, the focus of his work changed. That was more so what I learned from the book rather than from the video. Regardless, the video showed three different subjects; dogs, monkeys, and children, all going through different types of tests such as smells, different colored disks, and sounds of a metronome.
What I found most interesting about how the video portrayed Pavlov's work is that since we were actually given the chance to see how his subjects were treated rather than just reading about it, it really hit me as to how, maybe "cruel" isn't the best word to use, but how not-nice he was to the animals. Of course, reading about dogs being hooked to machines measuring saliva doesn't sound too pleasant either; however, it really was put into perspective after getting a chance to see it.
What I was most surprised about Pavlov's work is that he was able to learn so many things. Now that all is said and done, the experiments he conducted and results he concluded made sense, but it really interests me how he originally thought of such experiments. Such as how not only to make animals and children respond to a clicking noise (a metronome) but to respond differently to specific beats; or how the monkey was able to differentiate between the different colored disks and if there would be food given or not. I find it very intriguing that this occurs let alone the ability to actually have the control to make it happen!
For the time, yes, I believe the work portrayed was ethical. Then compared to now, researchers were able to get away with much more than researchers are able to get away with now. I don't know what the ethical rules are on shocking dogs, I know it is done to rats, and who's to say who's less deserving of "good" treatment, but to conduct all of the studies now how they were conducted then would be asking for trouble. If they were ethical and not a problem now, when the dogs paw was getting shocked, the class wouldn't have responded with an "awwwww" and when the boy was strapped down being forced to eat cookies, the class wouldn't have emit a shocked response, maybe a little jealous, but mostly shocked.
I found the video to be very interesting. In most psychology classes we are only exposed to the salivating dog experiment that Pavlov does however I was very interested the the experiment with the child and the slide with the cookies on it. That is one that I have never heard talked about.
I was surprised the most by the child experiment because today it would see a bit unethical to do but it surprises me a lot that parents would let thier child do something like that. I realize that they were not harming the child however it still surprised me. I also like that he used a human because all the other experiments were dogs, rabbits, monkey, but I think the fact that we can see that humans are able to be conditioned as well really makes his theories that much more believealbe for the time period.
I am not sure that there was much of a code of Ethics during that time so I don't really think that pavlov was being unethical by his standards. By our standards today he would have been.
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie when it had no sound, although it ended up being better than I was expecting. It showed us how classical conditioning works, and how they went about experimenting with it. They showed us Pavlov's dogs which is what most people think of when they think of Pavlov and classical conditioning. It was interesting that they took it a step further and showed us other experiments that were used by Pavlov. Most interestingly to me was how they used the child in their experiments. It seemed to be unethical for today's time how they were restraining the child, but I guess for that era it probably wasn't any big deal.With that said, I do think that the work done was ethical for that time, but most likely wouldn't be by today's standards.
I thought the video was really interesting because it showed the entire process of the dog experiment. The video also did a good job of showing us what isn't ethical. I didn't really think any of the experiments were very ethical but Pavlov's findings are still bery important today, although some of his experiments seem unethical. My main question concerns the section of the video concerning the child. I was just curious about the parents that agreed to have their child take part in this experiment because the kid was being treated like an animal. I think the video was very eyeopening because usually in class we just take notes on the basics of what Pavlov did but this video was actually video of his experiments. I think I understand a little bit more about where his ideas came from now, even though I really didn't enjoy the part when he shocked the dog.
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The Pavlov video, although silent, was a good way to show past experiments on classical conditioning. Pavlov did a variety of different experiments using many subjects such as we saw in the video: dogs, monkeys, and even children. He used these subjects to show many different ways in which conditioning can be implemented, and how it works in some conditions but not others.
I think the most interesting part was when he used the child to demonstrate conditioning. We usually hear all about his studies pertaining to the salvation in dogs, but I have never heard he used children as well. This experimentation proved that even if a creature has brains as complex as humans, we are still subject to conditioning. I did find it a bit unethical strapping the child down and sending what other than cookies into his mouth however.
The most surprising part about Pavlov's work was how advanced he was for his time period. Even though he didn't have some of the technology we have today, he still was able to figure out that the brain was involved in conditioning. He was able to manipulate different circumstances to see what changes can affect the outcome of his experiments. He used advanced medical practices to measure the amount of saliva coming from the dogs.
I think the work may have been considered ethical during that time period. We didnt really have standards for ethical practices in psychology. Actually ethical standards were set for animals before they ever were for humans. Of course now we wouldn't be able to shock dogs or put children into those conditions but during his time those things weren't seen as "harmful" practices. Since he was able to conduct those experiments we know have the informational knowledge he gained from his studies and can apply them in an ethical way today.
Pavlov’s work was a lot more extensive than I thought it was, probably because we are generally only exposed to his classical conditioning work with dogs. Because of this, I thought that most of the video was interesting despite it being incredibly outdated and silent. I thought the experiment with the child was kind of funny because it was absurd, but at that time, it was probably a novel idea.
One thing I was taken off guard by was how unethical his studies were (at least in terms of today’s ethics). Back then, I don’t think they really had any ethical code to abide by which is why he got away with cookie slide that could have potentially caused the child to choke.
So, because no ethical laws existed during this time period, his experiments were ethical; however, I don’t think that some of his experiments could be conducted in today’s world!
I found it interesting to watch the other studies Pavlov did. I was aware that he had done experiments other than the classical conditioning with the dog salivation, but I had never seen any of those before. I believe that my previous comment also leads into the next question about what I found most surprising; he did a lot more than just the classical conditioning studies. Watching his experiments on extinction and differentiation was very interesting.
The work portrayed in the video made me cringe or feel a little sad at time. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it was ethical for the times, but the experiments done were not viewed as bad back then as they would be viewed today. Also Pavlov was Russian so their standards and/or laws about things being ‘ethical’ or not may vary from ours in the United States.
The video was worth watching. Although it did not have sound, it was still possible to learn from the experiments. The stimuli and the reactions to them by the boy, dog, and monkey were all very clear and easy to pick out.
It was enjoyable to see the different experiments he did to test classical conditioning. His methods would never be allowed in today's world. The IRBs would have shot down his request in two winks of a coal miner's eye. Although, in Pavlov's time, nobody thought twice about strapping a child down and dropping cookies into his mouth.
I have never seen a legit video of Pavlov conducting his experiment. I have only seen pictures and heard about them. I am glad I saw this video because now I have a better understanding of how Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning, discrimination, and extinction.
It was interesting to actually see a film of pavlov's work. I never knew that one existed. Also I didnt know about the child or monkey experiments. I knew about the dogs, but I didnt know about the shocking and the acid that was poured into their mouths. It was hard to me to watch the aversive parts of the experiment. Ethically at the time there probably wasnt anything wrong with what he did, but there is no way that would happen today. The child experiment was not dangerous to the child from what we saw of the film, but still I didnt agree with it. The film was a good opportunity to learn something knew about Pavlov other than what is printed in the texts we are given.
What I found most interesting about the video was the other things he used to condition the dogs, like shocks and acid. You never hear about those things, just the meat powder. It showed me that Pavlov really did discover something very important. The most surprising part of the video was the experiment he did on the little boy. It was a simple experiment that didn’t cause any sort of pain but it was just strange to see a little boy in an experiment like that. Although the things he used to condition the dogs, such as shocks and acid, were unethical, his work was very important to psychology.
The video did a good job of portraying how Pavlov did his studies, giving a better perspective on it all than just having to read about it in our book. It showed me what it truly looked like to do shock studies and also how they got the production of saliva. I think the most interesting part about it all was the fact that we were watching actual footage, so it was very real and first hand.
I think the most surprising aspect of Pavlov's work was the use of acid in his studies, because I hadn't heard or expected such a thing to be used for the study if salivation. Those poor dogs really came out on the raw end of a lot of the tests.
For the time I think his studies were fine in terms of ethical practices. He definitely caused harm, but since the studies were so important to psychology, I think he was fine in doing what he did for that time frame.
The Pavlov movie was most beneficial in showing that Pavlov did not only do meat powder with dogs, he did food with humans, and shocking and acid with dogs as well. This i found a little disheartening. but also made me wonder why none of these studies are as famous as the meat powder and saliva one? Is it because these experiments were unethical and people knew it? So for back in the day and even for our time, i do not think some of his experiments were ethical. If they were i think they would be a little bit more known by now.
What was also neat was to see real video of the time. A little commentating would have been nice or some background music but having recovered the film from a fire what they saved was pretty significant.
The Pavlov video appeared, at first glance, to be a boring black and white film. However, I found it elicited very strong emotions in me after I saw some of the the footage. The most interesting thing about video had to be the treatment of the test subjects while conditioning them to target behaviors. I was stunned at the footage of a dog being shocked and the negative emotional response that elicited in me. To be a honest, this is a great film as far as documentation of Pavlov's studies goes, but I found myself very suprised by events like acid being poured in dogs mouths as well as the tying of a child down to a table and conditioning him with cookies. I don't really think this would have been seen as ethical in that time, but maybe I am wrong? I know in psychology much of the rules and guidelines for studies now are very intense and must be strictly followed for studies to be presented as valid or even published. I think these types of regulations were probably less strict back when Pavlov was studying behavior. But again, I was very shocked, no pun intended, at how these studies were actually done. I think we all like to think the best of the situation when we read about Pavlov in text books.
Terms used: behavior, elicited, conditioning, target behavior
I think the most interesting part was the experiment on classical conditioning in the Pavlov video. It was a good opportunity to watch the scenes relates to classical conditioning in real. I believe I could more understand about though the experiment with dog salivation.
The most surprising part in Pavlov’s work was how he did progression of a diverse experiment for demonstrating about classical conditioning. He used dog, monkey even children for his experiment. Also, I wonder how he could pick these subject.
I think his studies were not bad in the view of ethical practices. People already know these studies were so valuable in psychology field. Also, people who study about psychology can more grasp through this film than just read a book.
Even though the Pavlov video was silent, I found it to be quite interesting. I believe that it was a good way of demonstrating older experiments of classical conditioning, and it showed the experiments in more detail. I think that the display of the experiments was the most interesting part of the video, mainly because I didn’t realize just how many experiments were done by Pavlov, other than the dogs.I also believe that the video was ethical for the time period, but the experiments would definitely not be ethical in today’s society.
I thought what was interesting is the subjects he used that weren’t dogs. Pavlov and his dogs are famous but no one ever talks about the monkeys and the little boy. So it was interesting to see how he worked with other subjects.
It was initially surprising that he was able to use a little boy for an experiment. These days, with the IRB there’s this idea that if it’s not something simple and easy, humans most likely can’t participate. Especially if it requires them being strapped to something, and I assume that the little boy was always hungry so that extinction didn’t occur.
That being said, I think that for the time the video was ethical. It made me uncomfortable to watch the dogs being shocked and of course I have my own moral reservations about keeping a child hungry and then only feeding him cookies, and even then only some of the time. At the time though, I’m sure no one thought anything of it.
The video, in all honesty, almost made me fall asleep or have a seizure. However I pressed on and was able to learn a great deal about how exactly Pavlov's experiments worked. It conveyed a great deal of emotion from the dogs, monkeys, and the child that, until now, i was unaware of. The child appeared to be so uncomfortable while strapped into the chair, however it did give a face to the experiment that I had heard about prior to the video. This video did show exactly what Pavlov had discovered in his experiments about conditioning in a variety of test subjects. I do feel that the experiments were ethical and are are still ethical enough for me to accept today. Nothing was really being hurt within these experiments, save a few dogs that were shocked. Light shocking may be uncomfortable when it happens, but the dogs healed and the information gained from these experiments is very worthwhile.
It took me awhile to get into the Pavlov video. I am so used to videos with vivid pictures and sound, that it was a very different experience. I think it was interesting to see the variety of experiments Pavlov conducted. Before this class, I was only aware of the classical conditioning experiment involving dogs salivating to the sound of a bell (because it was associated with meat powder). The video showed that Pavlov also used monkeys and a child as his test subjects.
Parts of the video were uncomfortable to watch, because Pavlov was inflicting pain on his test subjects. Some examples of this were when he shocked the dogs and poured acid in their mouths. I didn't realize that such extreme measures were used; it was surprising to say the least. I don't think that is violated an ethical code for the time though. If this experiment were conducted today, there would be serious violations of ethics.
I found the video to be shocking at parts. I have often wondered if I would be able to stomach doing research on animals. I realized very quickly that I am a softy for the animals. I found it alarming when Pavlov would retrieve saliva from the dog. I am sure that it was usually not too painful for the dog, but it still was unnerving for me. I did find it interesting how the video portrayed Pavlov as a scientist. The experiments seemed heavily controlled and extremely thorough.
I think that the video was considered ethical for the time. I am not sure that many of the ethical guidelines of today were even in existence at that time. If anything I would guess that the video is an insight into the ethical values of that time period.
I personally found the gadgets that Pavlov used during his experiments to be very interesting. The dogs were all hooked up to machines to measure salivation. Like it stated in the text, many early psychologists made their own equipment as their work was ground breaking. I also found the part about human conditioning to be interesting. The machine that the kid was strapped would've scared the daylights out of me even at this age.
It was nice to see these experiments in action. For weeks now, we've been reading vignettes and looking at classical conditioning like a formula. The video, though primative, at least gave us a visual to work.
I was suprised when Pavlov demonstrated his discrimination training. The monkey, dog and little boy were all able to distinguish different beats from the metronome.
Considering what sort of experiments were going on in Nazi Germany, Pavlov's work was relatively harmless. I don't think the IRB would ever let a researcher strap a boy to a table and force feed him cookies nowadays, but at that point in time it could be seen as ethical. I'm sure if PETA were to hear of these experiments, Pavlov would get an earful.
The video showed different experiments conducted by Pavlov, the research questions he asked, and the way he and his team went about conducting such experiments. He used animals and his initial work was for digestive studies on dogs; however, after particular reactions and behaviors started occurring due to different stimulants, the focus of his work changed. That was more so what I learned from the book rather than from the video. Regardless, the video showed three different subjects; dogs, monkeys, and children, all going through different types of tests such as smells, different colored disks, and sounds of a metronome.
What I found most interesting about how the video portrayed Pavlov's work is that since we were actually given the chance to see how his subjects were treated rather than just reading about it, it really hit me as to how, maybe "cruel" isn't the best word to use, but how not-nice he was to the animals. Of course, reading about dogs being hooked to machines measuring saliva doesn't sound too pleasant either; however, it really was put into perspective after getting a chance to see it.
What I was most surprised about Pavlov's work is that he was able to learn so many things. Now that all is said and done, the experiments he conducted and results he concluded made sense, but it really interests me how he originally thought of such experiments. Such as how not only to make animals and children respond to a clicking noise (a metronome) but to respond differently to specific beats; or how the monkey was able to differentiate between the different colored disks and if there would be food given or not. I find it very intriguing that this occurs let alone the ability to actually have the control to make it happen!
For the time, yes, I believe the work portrayed was ethical. Then compared to now, researchers were able to get away with much more than researchers are able to get away with now. I don't know what the ethical rules are on shocking dogs, I know it is done to rats, and who's to say who's less deserving of "good" treatment, but to conduct all of the studies now how they were conducted then would be asking for trouble. If they were ethical and not a problem now, when the dogs paw was getting shocked, the class wouldn't have responded with an "awwwww" and when the boy was strapped down being forced to eat cookies, the class wouldn't have emit a shocked response, maybe a little jealous, but mostly shocked.
I found the video to be very interesting. In most psychology classes we are only exposed to the salivating dog experiment that Pavlov does however I was very interested the the experiment with the child and the slide with the cookies on it. That is one that I have never heard talked about.
I was surprised the most by the child experiment because today it would see a bit unethical to do but it surprises me a lot that parents would let thier child do something like that. I realize that they were not harming the child however it still surprised me. I also like that he used a human because all the other experiments were dogs, rabbits, monkey, but I think the fact that we can see that humans are able to be conditioned as well really makes his theories that much more believealbe for the time period.
I am not sure that there was much of a code of Ethics during that time so I don't really think that pavlov was being unethical by his standards. By our standards today he would have been.
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie when it had no sound, although it ended up being better than I was expecting. It showed us how classical conditioning works, and how they went about experimenting with it. They showed us Pavlov's dogs which is what most people think of when they think of Pavlov and classical conditioning. It was interesting that they took it a step further and showed us other experiments that were used by Pavlov. Most interestingly to me was how they used the child in their experiments. It seemed to be unethical for today's time how they were restraining the child, but I guess for that era it probably wasn't any big deal.With that said, I do think that the work done was ethical for that time, but most likely wouldn't be by today's standards.
I thought the video was really interesting because it showed the entire process of the dog experiment. The video also did a good job of showing us what isn't ethical. I didn't really think any of the experiments were very ethical but Pavlov's findings are still bery important today, although some of his experiments seem unethical. My main question concerns the section of the video concerning the child. I was just curious about the parents that agreed to have their child take part in this experiment because the kid was being treated like an animal. I think the video was very eyeopening because usually in class we just take notes on the basics of what Pavlov did but this video was actually video of his experiments. I think I understand a little bit more about where his ideas came from now, even though I really didn't enjoy the part when he shocked the dog.