Ivan pavlov biography and contributions

Pavlov was born the first of ten children, [ 4 ] in Ryazan , Russian Empire. As a child, Pavlov willingly participated in house duties such as doing the dishes and taking care of his siblings. He loved to garden, ride his bicycle, row, swim, and play gorodki ; he devoted his summer vacations to these activities. From his childhood days, Pavlov demonstrated intellectual curiosity along with what he referred to as "the instinct for research".

Inspired by the progressive ideas which Dmitry Pisarev , a Russian literary critic of the s, and Ivan Sechenov , the father of Russian physiology, were spreading, Pavlov abandoned his religious career without graduating and devoted his life to science. In , he enrolled in the physics and mathematics department at the University of Saint Petersburg to study natural science.

In , Pavlov received the degree of Candidate of Natural Sciences. Impelled by his interest in physiology, Pavlov decided to continue his studies and proceeded to the Imperial Academy of Medical Surgery. While at the academy, Pavlov became an assistant to his former teacher, Elias von Cyon. After some time, Pavlov obtained a position as a laboratory assistant to Konstantin Ustimovich at the physiological department of the Veterinary Institute.

Ivan pavlov contribution to psychology

In , he graduated from the Medical Military Academy with a gold medal for his research work. After a competitive examination, Pavlov won a fellowship at the academy for postgraduate work. The fellowship and his position as director of the Physiological Laboratory at Botkin's clinic enabled Pavlov to continue his research work. Additionally, his collaboration with the Botkin Clinic produced evidence of a basic pattern in the regulation of reflexes in the activity of circulatory organs.

He was inspired to pursue a scientific career by Dmitry Pisarev , a literary critic and natural science advocate and Ivan Sechenov , a physiologist, whom Pavlov described as "the father of physiology ".