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    Classical conditioning is a way of learning the environment through stimulus and response. Two critical components of classical conditioning are unconditioned stimulus (naturally evokes response) and unconditioned response (reaction without training or conditioning). It is through these two components being repeated and reiterated that the neutral stimulus becomes conditioned stimulus (evokes anticipatory response) and conditioned response (response is automatic). Instrumental conditioning is a

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    Explain the initial pairing of the banging bar and the rat in terms of learning through classical conditioning. What is unconditioned stimulus (US)‚ conditioned stimulus (CS)‚ and conditioned response (CR)? “Two months after pretesting‚ Albert was shown a white rat‚ and anytime Albert touched the rat‚ he was exposed to the sound of the hammer hitting a steel bar. After seven trials‚ Albert cried and demonstrated avoidance on presentation of the rat—the conditioned stimulus—in the absence of the loud

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    Classical Conditioning Unconditioned stimulus (US) "reflexively" evokes Unconditioned response (UR). Through learning‚ a Conditioned stimulus (CS) can evoke a Conditioned response (CR)  Identify the US‚ UR‚ CS‚ and CR: 1.  Frank loves to swim in the lake near his house.  After swimming in the lake one afternoon‚ he discovered two big slimy‚ blood sucking leeches attached to his leg.  He was repulsed by the experience of pulling the slimy bodies off his leg.  Now when he drives by the lake he

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    Classical Conditioning Paper Gregory Finch PSY/390 Axia College/University of Phoenix Classical Conditioning Paper By definition‚ classical conditioning refers to conditioning in which the conditioned stimulus is paired with and precedes the unconditioned stimulus

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    demonstrated classical conditioning in dogs. According to The Free Dictionary‚ classical conditioning is‚ “a learning process by which a subject comes to respond in a specific way to a previously neutral stimulus after the subject repeatedly encounters the neutral stimulus together with another stimulus that already elicits the response.” Around the 1920’s‚ famous psychologist John B. Watson along with a graduate student‚ Rosaline Rayner wanted to further the research of classical conditioning and see

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    Classical conditioning was first observed by researcher Ivan Pavlov in an experiment on digestion gone wrong. In trying to measure the salivation of dogs‚ he realized that many of the dogs began salivating before the food was even presented. This debacle would lead to the discovery of the phenomenon know as classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a behavioral event that is based off of a series of conditioned and unconditioned stimuli and responses. Before the official conditioning process

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    inappropriate and unwanted behaviour (e.g. hitting sibling)‚ which conditioning procedures could be used to most effectively stop this? Behaviours that produce favourable consequences are repeated and become habits‚ but those that produce unfavourable consequences tend not to recur (Ouellette and Wood‚ 1998 as cited in Martin et.al‚ 2006). Experience changes the probability of repeating certain behaviours indicating that learning involves adaptation. As time goes on‚ old behaviours are eliminated and

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    Skinner’s Theory of Operant Conditioning and Behavior Modification Theory: Behaviorism Theorist: B.F. Skinner Biography: B.F Skinner was considered to be the father of the behavioral approach to psychology‚ due to his prominence as a spokesperson for behaviorism (Corey‚ 2009). B.F. Skinner was born in 1904 (Corey‚ 2009). Skinner recalled his upbringing as being a warm and stable family environment (Corey‚ 2009). In the 8th edition of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy‚ Gerald

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    Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s Dogs Ivan Pavlov‚ PsyD Saint Petersburg State University Abstract During the 1980’s a Russian psychologist‚ Ivan Pavlov used some dogs which he attached to a device to hold it in place. He also had a bell‚ dog treats‚ and a wall that hid Pavlov from the dog’s view. During the experiment Pavlov would ring the bell and present the dogs with food to determine the dogs conditioned responses. After a period‚ the dogs began to connect hearing the bell with the presence

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    Classical Conditioning and Pros and Cons of Punishment Classical conditioning is a form of behavioral learning and was first introduced when Ivan Pavlov came upon a study when he was studying the psychology of digestion in dogs. He noticed that the dogs would not just begin salivating when the meat powder was introduced‚ but also when the person responsible for feeding would enter the room or heard there footsteps. Classical conditioning is when two stimuli are presented in close succession repeatedly

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