LEARNING
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING VS OPERANT CONDITIONING
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Bob studied for his math test for two hours and only got a C, so he decided to study more for the next test.
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Bob skipped class last week and had to stay after for detention. He decided not to skip classes anymore.
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Bob ate a cheeseburger and felt sick afterwards, so every time he smells McDonalds he feels nauseous.
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Bob has always been afraid of dogs because they might bite, so he has a pet fish instead.
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, whenever you come home wearing a baseball cap, you take your child to the park to play. So, whenever your child sees you come home with a baseball cap, he is excited because he has associated your baseball cap with a trip to the park. This learning by association is classical conditioning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Classical conditioning refers to learned behaviors when a neutral stimulus is associated with a learned response. For example, when a dog sees a leash, it learns that it’s time to go for a walk.
Detailed explanation-3: -In classical conditioning, a conditioned response is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus. For example, the smell of food is an unconditioned stimulus, a feeling of hunger in response to the smell is an unconditioned response, and the sound of a whistle when you smell the food is a conditioned stimulus.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Pavlov’s experiment, the food was the unconditioned stimulus. An unconditioned response is an automatic response to a stimulus. The dogs salivating for food is the unconditioned response in Pavlov’s experiment. A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that can eventually trigger a conditioned response.