Why Is It Ironic That Ivan Pavlov's Discovery Was One

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Multiple Choice

Why is it ironic that Ivan Pavlov's discovery was one of the most important in psychology's focus on learning?

• A) Pavlov was bitter enemies with Freud, who also made great contributions to the field of psychology.
• B) The philosophical roots of Pavlov's model were diametrically opposed to those that underlie psychology.
• C) Pavlov was Russian, where the study of psychology was considered illegal.
• D) Pavlov had only contempt for the prevailing psychological models of his time.
• E) He actually flunked out of graduate school in psychology, and ended up as a physiologist.

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