Conditioning and Learning 1 INTRODUCTION "Learning‚ acquiring knowledge or developing the ability to perform new behaviors. It is common to think of learning as something that takes place in school‚ but much of human learning occurs outside the classroom‚ and people continue to learn throughout their lives." (Gregory‚ 1961) Conditioning is the term used to designate the types of human behavioral learning. Since the 1920s‚ conditioning has been the primary focus of behavior research in humans
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a more specific kind of learning is conditioning. Conditioning is making an association between events that occur around a person’s environment. For instance‚ my negative reaction to my wife’s cooking is a conditioned response due to the experiences that I have had. Conditioning can be separated into two types; classical and operant. Classical conditioning was first described by a Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov in the early 1900s. This type of conditioning suggests that a stimulus requires the
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Florida Sahay Professor Griffin Psychology 1101 Fall 2009 The Conditioning Process It was raining when Sarah was driving home from work. Both she and the driver of the car in front of her were speeding. The car in front of her had immediately braked. There was not enough distance between that car and her own car to safely slow to a stop‚ so she had quickly switched lanes to avoid a car accident. Instead‚ the slick pavement caused her car to swerve out of control. When her car finally
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behavior and what people learn from the environment later on in life. Classical conditioning is sometimes referred as CC. Classical conditioning involves learning by association. It contains a neutral stimulus‚ which is a stimulus that does not evoke the reflex to be conditioned. However‚ it could evoke other reflexes. After neutral stimulus‚ there is unconditioned stimulus that evokes a reflex without the
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Classical Conditioning is the combining unconditioned stimulus with neutral stimulus and seeing the subject of the study learn to associate the NS with the UCS and thus resulting in a conditioned reaction to neutral stimulus which in turn becomes a conditioned stimulus (Kentridge‚ 1995). Comparison and limitations of Pavlov and Skinners theories Whilst Skinner and Pavlov’s work is similar in that they both study the way a person or animal learns‚ they differ in approaches. Classical conditioning is
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behaviours UCR: happiness and relaxation CS: the smell of her perfume CR: happiness and relaxation Identifying Classical Conditioning Processes 1. generalization 2. extinction 3. discrimination 4. generalization 5. discrimination 6. extinction and spontaneous recovery 7. extinction Classical and Operant Conditioning 1. trembling (CC); running (OC) 2. drooling (CC); racing (OC) 3. foot dragging (OC); whimpering uncontrollably (CC) 4
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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING THEORY Classical Conditioning is the type of learning made famous by Pavlov’s experiments with dogs. The gist of the experiment is this: Pavlov presented dogs with food‚ and measured their salivary response (how much they drooled). Then he began ringing a bell just before presenting the food. At first‚ the dogs did not begin salivating until the food was presented. After a while‚ however‚ the dogs began to salivate when the sound of the bell was presented. They learned to
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Conditioning and Learning From the moment any living being is born to the moment it dies‚ they are constantly learning. Learning is a change in behavior based on previous experiences. It may involve processing and interpreting many different types of information. Learning functions are performed by different brain learning processes‚ which depend on the dynamic mental capacities of the learning subject. There are three main forms of learning for the human mind: classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning
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and The Bible The Bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of woman’s emancipation. A famous 19th century feminist named Elizabeth Cady Stanton voiced this about her struggle for women’s freedom. Women‚ considered a lower class than the men‚ wanted this subjugation changed. Part of the reason for the subjugation of women is that the Bible could be interpreted in many different ways to suit the needs of the interpreter. These interpretations of the Bible are in part
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classical conditioning or operant conditioning. (Hergenhahn & Olson‚ 2005) Aristotle theorized through his laws of association that information can be recalled through contiguity‚ similarity or contrast. (Hergenhahn & Olson‚ 2005) Using the frontal lobes of our brain the information can be manipulated to form ideas or thoughts both directly or abstractly from the knowledge that is stored in longterm memory. Learning is studied by the potential change or observable
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