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    history of abuse‚ genetics‚ or poverty‚ this is not the case. Addiction is a learned behavior ( Higgins‚ Heil‚ & Sigmon‚ as cited in Sturmey‚ 2007). The process of learning occurs through operant and respondent conditioning. Operant and respondent conditioning have dual roles in drug addiction. Operant conditioning relies on consequences and reinforcements after a behavior occurs which increases or decreases behavior (Sturmey‚ 2007). The behavior that the individual partakes in is voluntary; the consequences

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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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    Denise Essay #3 Psychology 1010 W1 Summer III Question #2: Mr. Byrne can’t understand why scolding his seventh-grade students for disruptive classroom behaviors makes them more unruly. Explain Mr. Byrne’s predicament in terms of operant conditioning principles. Show how he could use operant conditioning techniques to (a) reduce disruptive behaviors and (b) increase cooperative behaviors. Answer: Mr. Byrne is having difficulty with his students because he is trying to get them to stop disruptive

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    different approaches in psychology‚ in their effectiveness in explaining human behaviour. Many psychological approaches try to explain human behaviour and as to whether behaviour is innate‚ nature‚ or it’s learnt through experiences from our environment‚ nurture. The behaviourist approach is a theory that all behaviours are learnt and that individuals are born with a tabula rasa‚ a blank slate. They claim that individual’s behaviour is determined by the environment in which they live in; this has been

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    temperatures in response to tones. The experiment was based on the research done by Miller and Bruckner in 1979. The experiment done by Miller and Brucker dealt with how rats can modify their heartbeats when given pleasurable brain stimulation (Lee‚ 2014). The same premises were used in this experiment to see if humans can adjust their muscle tension and skin temperature as a cause of stimulations. The results found in this lab report claim a correlation between a positive reinforcement and control

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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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    An example of classical conditioning is when my puppy hears the sound of his treat bag. He knows that he has to go out outside and do his business before he gets a treat. This is how I am training him. He can be in the other room and as soon as he hears me grab and shake the bag‚ he comes running to the door. He only gets a treat when he finishes his business outside. The stimulus is when I shake the treat bag he knows in order to get a treat he has to go outside and do his business and the response

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    increase his chances of making the football team‚ I would use the principles of operant conditioning. To create a one month behavior modification program‚ I would figure out whether positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement‚ positive punishment and negative punishment would work best. My roommate would also need to follow through with the program I would give him. According to B.F. Skinner‚ operant conditioning is a type of learning where a behavior is strengthened when it is reinforced and

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    Coulrophobia Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which the likelihood of a specific behavior increases or decreases through positive or negative reinforcement or punishment each time the behavior occurs (Palmer‚ 2004). Reinforcement empowers the response or behavior‚ and increases the chances of it repeating. Punishment reduces the response or behavior‚ and decreases the chances of it repeating. In operant conditioning this behavior is active and voluntary (Carpenter & Huffman‚ 2010)

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    Classical and Operational Conditioning Classical conditioning is a technique often used by marketers. It is essentially a process of behaviour adjustment by which a person comes to respond in a desired manner to a stimulus that was formerly neutral to them but that has now been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus that obtains a desired response for the marketer. For example‚ the Pharmacy Boots has affiliated the song ‘here come the girls’ with their stores by playing it

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