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    ssical condir=tioningu03d1 Classical Conditioning and Ethics What can classical conditioning theory teach us about both developing and alleviating fears and phobias? Our textbook describes phobia as being "an excessive and intense fear‚ usually of a specific object or situation‚..." (Terry‚ pg.77‚ 2009). The classical conditioning theory teaches us several different aspects about phobias; including how phobias develop and how to treat phobias‚ thus‚ alleviating fears altogether. Many behaviorists

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    /measurable behaviors.-adoption of experimental method to study behaviors. BASIC PREMISE of behaviorism-personality shaped by experience. Result of conditioned stimulus & reinforced behaviors Classical Conditioning- associate 2 stimuli & response (little Albert) Operant conditioning- associate behavior & consequence. behaviors rewarded increased; behaviors punished decrease. behavior operates to produce consequence. Any response that increases a behavior. Reinforcement A. Primary-

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    punishments is used to reinforce desired behaviour or extinguish unwanted behaviour. Any behaviour that emerges a consequence is called operant behaviour‚ because the individual operates on his or her environment. Reinforcement theory concentrates on the relationship between the operant behaviour and the associated consequences‚ and is sometimes referred to as operant conditioning where behaviour is controlled by manipulating the

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    com/blog/flourish/201002/if-you-think-you-can-t-think-again-the-sway-self-efficacy Mosby‚ Inc. (2008). Mosby’s dictionary of medicine‚ nursing & health professions (8th ed.). St. Louis‚ MO: Mosby/Elsevier. Retrieved from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/operant+conditioning Mosby‚ Inc. (2008). Mosby’s dictionary of medicine‚ nursing & health professions (8th ed.). St. Louis‚ MO: Mosby/Elsevier. Retrieved from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Social+learning+theory Tobak‚ S. (2011‚ May 11). Think

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    There are many different theories on how people learn and over the years learning theories have dramatically changed. They have been superseded by newer theories based on psychological‚ social‚ cultural development factors‚ (Fritscher‚ 2011).In this paper I will be concentrating on five theories‚ three psychological and two social‚ they are; Behaviourism‚ Humanism‚ Constructivism‚ Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice‚ and Vygotsky’s learning theory. I have chosen these theories because I believe

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    tendency to always leave his room in disarray. This continues to occur despite the fact that Bobby’s father Mr. Kelly frequently reminds Bobby to clean his room. Mr. Kelly would like to increase the frequency in which Bobby cleans his room. Operant Conditioning “Occurs when a behavior in a particular situation is followed by a reinforcing consequence‚ thus making the behavior more likely to occur in similar circumstances in the future (Miltenberger‚ 2012).” In Bobby’s case‚ Mr. Kelly‚ Bobby’s father

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    his conflicting childhood feelings of love and hate for his parents. The therapist’s goal best reflects a primary aim of: A) client-centered therapy. B) cognitive therapy. *C) psychoanalysis. PG 653 D) systematic desensitization. E) operant conditioning techniques. 2. Sluggishness‚ tremors‚ and twitches similar to those of Parkinson’s disease are most likely to be associated with the excessive use of certain ________ drugs. A) antidepressant *B) antipsychotic PG 676 C) antimanic

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    Classical Conditioning and Phobias Classical conditioning is a type of learning‚ discovered by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov‚ which occurs between an environmental stimulus and a naturally occurring stimulus. The first stage of classical conditioning involves placing an unconditioned stimulus which produces an unconditioned response in an organism. In basic terms this means that a stimulus in the environment has produced an unlearned behaviour or response which is natural and has not been taught

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    classical behaviorism that paved the way for B. F. Skinner’s radical or operant behaviorism which has had a large impact on educational systems. Watson was one of the influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His material is still used in most psychology and educational psychology texts. Watson helped with defining the study of behavior anticipated Skinner’s emphasis on operant conditioning and the importance of learning and environmental influences in human development

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    syndrome in the operant conditioning. Its means learning in which probability of response is changed by change in its consequences. Also‚ the object has voluntary to do the behavior. Operant conditioning involves an association between a behavior and a consequence. It is also called response-stimulus or RS conditioning because it forms an association between the animal’s response that behaviorand the stimulus that follows consequences.(Skinner‚1938)Its have four operant condition procedures

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