Classical Conditioning: Unlearned Response

I learned to feel nauseous when I ate broccoli and cheese soup through classical conditioning. It’s an example of classical conditioning because a connection was created between two stimuli, bacteria and broccoli and cheese soup, that resulted in a response, nausea, that was biologically out of my control (text, p. 254). Furthermore, operant conditioning involves an existing behavior being either encouraged or discouraged, and in this case, there was not a preexisting behavior (text, p. 263).

From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves to designated study areas, turn off the music, and maintain a strict ritual if we want to ace that test, memorize that presentation, and create writing assignment.

There are two learning processes that are used, classical condition and operant conditioning. One learning process used is classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response. I found two TV commercials that are excellent examples for classical conditioning. The first commercial I found is an Old Spice commercial. The ad starts off with an attractive man in a bathroom telling women to compare the men in their lives to him, stating that if men would stop using girl body wash they could be like him. The ad then moves to a boat where the man in the commercial offers the women in the audience two tickets to something they would enjoy and diamonds and then states that anything is possible if men used Old Spice as a body wash to smell like a man, not a lady. The second commercial I chose is a Nike advertisement. Throughout the advertisement there are young, attractive, fit, and famous people working hard to succeed.

Classical conditioning is formally defined as the basic learning process that involves repeatedly pairing a neutral stimulus with a response producing stimulus until the neutral stimulus elicits the same response (Hockenbury, et al., 183). Brought about by Russian scientist, Ivan Pavlov, classical conditioning (also known as Pavlovian conditioning) deals with behaviors that are elicited automatically by some stimulus (Hockenbury, et al., 183). A famous example of this is Pavlov’s experiment with salivating dogs. Unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned responses, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned responses are the four principles of this theory. The unconditioned stimulus is the natural stimulus that reflexively brings forth a

My classical conditioning scenario is about Sikhs being mistaken as a terrorist and compared to Muslims. The unconditional control is being a terrorist and the unconditional response is the fear associated with those people. The neutral stimulus is the turban is corresponding with the unconditional control as a terrorist because both groups of people wear it. This links to fear for the unconditional response to that specific group of individuals. This stimulus is the turban leading to conditional response to fear.

Classical conditioning refers to the learning through association. It involves learning a new behavior through the process of association

Classical conditioning is a type of learning in which an organism learns to transfer a natural response from one stimulus to another, previously neutral stimulus. Classical conditioning is achieved by manipulating reflexes. Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which the likelihood of a

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Our understanding of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning has allowed us to unlock many of the answers we sought to learn about human behavior. Classical conditioning is a technique of behavioral training, coined by Ivan Pavlov, which basically states that an organism learns through establishing associations between different events and stimuli. This helps us understand human behavior in an assortment of ways. It makes it clear that almost everything we do is based on patterns of stimulus and response. For example, if you were bitten aggressively by a dog as a child, you may be still scared of dogs today. That is because the dog caused you pain, which in turn caused you have anxiety towards dogs.

Classical Conditioning: Whenever my mother brings out a hot dish, she yells, hot and we get out of the way so we don’t get burned by whatever she’s holding.

Classical (or Respondent) Conditioning supports the idea that we develop responses to certain stimuli that do not naturally occur. For example, when someone touches a hot stove, their reflex is to pull their hand away. They do this instinctually, and there is no learning involved. These responses are simply examples of survival instincts. However, Ivan Pavlov discovered that humans make certain associations which cause us to generalize our response to one stimuli, and then to associate it with a neutral stimulus that it is paired with.

Summary of the video The video clip above titled “Ivan Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning Psychology Experiment” (2015) posted by a young man named, Andrew Daughters, is a great visual image of the classical conditioning experiment that we learned about in class this week. The start of the video is Andrew reminding us of what Ivan Pavlov’s classical conditioning entails. He says that classical conditioning of an unconditioned stimulus (throwing the ball made out of paper) causes an unconditioned response. Then the neutral stimulus (the phone chime) is paired with the unconditioned stimulus, the neutral stimulus alone causes a response (Daughters, 2015).

Classical Conditioning 11695795 Oklahoma State University Classical Conditioning Classical conditioning is a way of learning in which something that did not previously have a particular response now has one due to exposure to another thing. Russian physiologist, Ivan Pavlov, discovered the phenomenon of classical conditioning while researching the digestive patterns of dogs. Pavlov would place some meat powder in the dogs’ mouths to measure their bodies’ reactions. Before the dogs were given the meat powder, a bell would ring. They repeated this several times, and “Eventually, conditioning occurs in that the dog salivates just to the bell alone” (Clark, 1998).

One example of classical conditioning that I have experienced in my everyday life is my cat’s response to hitting a spoon on a can of cat food. Classical conditioning involves learning a new behavior through the process of association. A new behavior can easily be learned by conditioning a person or pet to respond to a certain stimulus. My cat is a perfect example of classical conditioning that I see every day. Every morning when it is time to feed my cat I walk outside and hit a spoon on the side of her cat food can. As soon as the spoon strikes the can my cat comes running. The unconditioned stimulus is the sound of hitting the spoon on the can, and the unconditioned response is my cat receives food. Now, whenever I hit a can of food with a spoon my cat will come running because she assumes that I am about to feed her. Now that I know what my cat’s response is to the sound I often use it to my advantage. If I want my cat’s attention all I have to do is make the sound and she will come running.

1) The basic process of classical conditioning deals with behaviors that elicited automatically by some stimulus. Classical conditioning involves pairing a neutral stimulus with an unlearned natural stimulus that automatically elicits a reflexive response. If the two stimuli are repeated paired, eventually the neutral stimulus elicits the same basic reflexive response as the natural stimulus---even in the absence of the natural stimuli. Consider this example, every day at 1:45pm class is dismissed by the teacher. After sometime there is bell system installed.