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Unit 3 Discussion Differentiate between classical and operant conditioning providing an example for each in the health care facility. 50 Points Grading Rubric: Required Discussion Elements Point Value Classical conditioning explained 5 Operant conditioning explained 5 Clear differentiation 5 Example of classical conditioning 5 Examples of operant conditioning 5 Respond to 2 classmates. (10 points each) 20 No spelling or grammar errors. 5 Total possible points 50 Classical and operant conditioning

B. F. Skinner Working in the field of applied behavior analysis B. F. Skinner might be one of the first names that come to mind; along with John Watson who is known as the father of behaviorism, and Pavlov who studied the classical conditioning of dogs which led to the further exploration by Watson. Skinner's work was based on Thorndike's work with cats and his development of the law of effect which says that any behavior followed by a pleasant consequence is more likely to be repeated, whereas

Ivan Pavlov’s classical conditioning experiment on different dogs shows how dogs “automatic salivate when seeing food” (McLeod, 2013). Ivan Pavlov stated “some things that a dog does are not need to learn” dog’s reflexes are from undefined reaction, and their motivation required no learning (McLeod, 2013). Therefore, Pavlov classical conditioning experiment is important in the development of psychology, because it introduces the study of laws of learning and conditioning. Behaviorism from Watson’s

The classical conditioning association was made between the child and the dog. The bark of the dog is the unconditional stimulus (US) which has caused distress to the child who now exhibits a fear of dogs which would be the unconditional response (UR). The fear of the dog (UR) is what needs to be changed so the child will no longer be afraid of dogs. I associated the barking of the dog (US) to the fear of dogs by the child (UR) because every time the dog barked the child showed some sort of anxiety

It has been proved that memory within the dogs lets them know more than their owners are letting on. Claudia Fugazza and her colleagues at the Family Project at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest set out an attempt to investigate whether dogs share a more complex kind of memory in addition to their capability in remembering objects. Due to the difficulty of plumbing what occurs to mind, it concludes that the dogs’ similarity to human is that there is the existence of episodic-like memory. Dr. Fugazza

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

Over the past 100 years, numerous experiments and studies were conducted to investigate classical conditioning, the most famous study being that of “Little Albert”, which resulted in the young boy in question being left with a strong fear towards anything which resembled a white rat. This study is a prime example of how classical conditioning can cause phobias to develop in individuals. In this essay I will investigate how Classical conditioning can cause an emotional response in an individual which

researchers have belief that the boy Watson used for this experience was of ill health. In an effort to confirm the identity of little Albert, researchers used date of birth, birth place and other information to location possible individuals. In 2010, Johns Hopkins University Hospital confirmed that one individuals suspected as the possible little Albert, had been sickly from birth; he was in fact diagnosed with hydrocephalus soon after birth. This finding indicated that Watson was aware of the child’s

In Brave New World they use something called classical conditioning. This is known as a theory that involves learning a new behavior by the process of association. The themes within these paragraphs is describing how humans are providing profit to the society based on supply and demand. By making humans as needed to produce the greater need it is within the mass production with a interchangeable and identical models that can be used for consumer goods and desire as needed in any area. By conditioning

1. Pavlov's experiments in some ways asked the question how a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus. In the case of the dog, how to get the dog to learn to salivate when there are stimulus other than food. A neutral stimulus is a stimulus that does not produce a response by the subject. A conditioned stimulus is a stimulus that triggers a conditioned response (a learned response to a stimulus that previously made no response) from a subject only after association with an unconditioned stimulus