In contrast to the modern cognitive psychological understanding of human learning, believed that people could learn through mechanistic unthinking manner.

Pavlov believed that people could learn through mechanistic unthinking manner.

Explanation:

Pavlov was related to Classical Conditioning, referring to learning my association. This means an individual can learn through a mechanistic unthinking manner since he/she would be presented with various stimulus which will trigger a response even without the individual's effort.

In contrast, the modern cognitive learning theory suggests that the individual does carry an effort in order to develop various skills and learn in general. He/she uses his/her memory, attention, problem-solving skills and language in a conscious way in order to develop further.