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| Complex Or Conditioned Reflex |
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| This type of reflex involves the brain but it is also as fast as the simple reflex. Salivation on smelling one's favourite food is an example of conditional reflex. The individual recognisesrecognizes the smell and based on a previous experience, the response (salivation) occurs. The recognition of the previous experience involves the association centres of the brain. |
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| A series of experiments were conducted by Ivan Pavlov, a Russian biologist which demonstrated conditioned reflex. He found that when a bell was rung every time a dog was given food, the dog showed salivation only at the sound of the bell. The ringing of the bell is called the conditioned stimulus. The dog had, thus, 'learnt' to associate the sound of the bell to food and this made it salivate at the sound of the bell. |
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| Conditioning is the basis for learning. Learning to cycle or swim can be called a conditional response. |
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Nervous Coordination and Integration
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