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The Crucial Process of Learning

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Learning is a crucial process for adapting and the survival of everyday life. Learning is a change in behavior caused by a new experience or practice. When people learn something, a part of their brain is physically changed to record what they have learned. There are different concepts of learning and each one has a different effect on our behavior.
Classical conditioning is a type of learning, which has a major effect on behavior. It is a learning process that occurs through associations between a natural stimulus and adapted stimulus. Examples of classical conditioning occur in our everyday lives. For example, I ate fish and then got sick because of the flu. Usually I like fish however, after that day I developed a dislike for the food and feel nauseated whenever I smell it. This example is classical conditioning because nausea is an automatic response. The flu, which is an involuntary sickness, is the unconditioned stimulus .The nausea is the unconditioned response because it was a naturally occurring reflex. The fish becomes the conditioned stimulus because it is now paired to my first experience with the unconditioned response. The nausea became a conditioned response.
Reinforcements are events that strengthen responses and behaviors. Positive reinforcement is adding something in order to increase a response and behavior. For example, when I was younger every time that I received a good grade in school, my teacher would give me a gold star and that would make me feel

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