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  • Essay / Psychology: Classical Conditioning - 1145

    BEHAVIORClassical conditioning is a type of learning by which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another. We can also talk about respondent conditioning. Stimulus is any event or object in the environment to which an organism responds. The components of classical conditioning are: Unconditioned response (UR) which is a response elicited by an unconditioned stimulus without prior learning. Unconditioned stimulus (US) that elicits a specific unconditioned response without prior learning. Conditioned Stimulus (CS) which is a neutral stimulus which, after repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus, associates with it and elicits a conditioned response. Conditioned response (CR) which is a learned response that is elicited by a conditioned stimulus as a result of its repeated association with an unconditioned stimulus. Operant conditioning is a type of learning that has the consequences of a behavior manipulated in such a way as to increase or decrease the frequency of an existing response or shape an entirely new response. The process will take place with an operant which is the voluntary behavior and accidentally results in some sort of consequence. Then there is reinforcement. Reinforcement is the consequence that increases the frequency of an operant. The punisher is the one who reduces the frequency of operators. There have been several contributions to the psychological field from several different doctors and their experiences. The first one we will visit is Ivan Pavlov. His discoveries were accidental. At first, Pavlov always conducted experiments related to the psychology of digestion. In doing so, he noticed that saliva was collected... middle of paper ... as for the theory that I believe to be the most accurate for describing human learning, it would have to be 'learning by observation. I think this is the case because we always hear that people are products of their environments, and this works in both negative and positive ways. It's like saying that negative produces negative and that negative can also produce positive. Once someone sees the consequences of changing their life based on the actions they take, it is up to them to make a choice. The lives of people learning to live need not be a cycle of history that repeats itself. They can improve their lives if they make the right decision. ReferencesWood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood and Denise Roberts. Boyd. “Chapter 4/Consciousness.” Master the world of psychology. 5th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2013. 115-35. Print.