Psychology Homework ResearchHow it helped psychology?Ethical IssuesPavlov demonstrated classical conditioning where he explained how dogs can associate saliva with food. He therefore said behaviour is learnt through conditioningShows that we are  conditioned to do something because we’ve learnt it though associationMany experts argue that learning theory is more relevant to the learning shown by these species than it is to human learning. We are more complex than other species and possess language and much of our learning seems to go beyond classical conditioningHarlow raised monkeys for lengthy periods in total isolation and then placed them with other monkeys in order to test who they would attach with. i.e.: a cloth covered artificial monkey or a wired version of a monkeyShows that babies of any species don’t just depend on caregivers for food but also need comfort and protection from caregiversAnimal suffering must be found out by careful observation and experimentation. Different species have different requirements, lifestyles e.t.c. so therefore we cannot just assume that we know about their suffering without studying them species by speciesBrady placed monkeys in
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restraining chairs and conditioned them to press a lever. They were given shocks every 20 seconds unless the lever was pressed during the same time periodShows that stress may be a casual factor in stomach ulcersIf an animal is capable of suffering, humans shouldn’t feel that they have the right to inflict suffering upon themCharles Darwin composed a theory to account for the fact that animal species have evolved and continue to evolveIt offers a good account of the facts in terms of understanding the concept of natural selectionWhether we can generalise from animal findings to humans still remains controversial. ...

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