The experiments provided also an income for Pavlov as he sold the 'gastric juices' collected, which were back then in high demand for the cure of stomach ailments ( Kentridge, 1995). This is where he conducted his research on physiological topics, such as digestion and blood pressure, using dogs as experimental animals.Īt the age of 50 Pavlov began to study Classical Conditioning which he continued for the next 30 years ( Lefrancois, 1999). In 1895 he was further appointed to the Chair of Physiology which he held until 1925 ( Nobel Lectures, 2001).Īlso in 1890 Pavlov became head of the Department of Physiology at the Institute of Experimental Medicine. Petersburg and worked as an assistant in a physiology laboratory until he was appointed Professor of Pharmacology at the Military Medical Academy in 1890. After obtaining his medical degree (doctorate) in 1883 Pavlov intensified his studies in Germany at the University of Leipzig.
Petersburg, where he studied animal physiology and medicine. He decided to transfer to the University of St. However, after being introduced to the work of Charles Darwin and Ivan Sechenov, Pavlov's interest in natural science made him abandon his religious career. Due to an accident Pavlov's primary education at the church school in Ryazan was delayed (Dean Calsbeek, 1999).įollowing in his fathers footsteps he entered the Ecclesiastic Seminary in Ryazan, where he planned to pursue a career in theology. His father, Peter Dimitrievich Pavlov was the local village priest. 'I would prefer to remain a pure physiologist, that is, an investigator who studies the functions of separate organs, the conditions of their activity, and the synthesis of their function in the total mechanism as a part or in the whole of the organism and I am little interested in the ultimate, deep basis for the function of an organ or of its tissues, for which primarily chemical or physical analysis is required.'ĭespite his personal identification as a physiologist Pavlov became one of the best-known figures in the history of psychology.īeing born on Septemin a small village, called Ryazan in central Russia, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov was the first born of 11 siblings. Explanations for Classical Conditioning - Timingīasic Processes in Classical Conditioning
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