Topic > Psychology: Classical Conditioning - 1145

BEHAVIORClassical conditioning is a type of learning through which an organism learns to associate one stimulus with another. It can also be known as respondent conditioning. Stimulus is any event or object in the environment to which an organism responds. The components of classical conditioning are as follows: 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, becomes associated 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 pairing with an unconditioned stimulus. Operant conditioning is a type of learning that has the consequences of behavior being manipulated so 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 that is voluntary behavior and accidentally leads to some kind of consequence. Then there's the reinforcement. Reinforcement is the consequence that increases the frequency of an operant. The punisher is the one who decreases the frequency of an operant. There have been several contributions to the psychological field by different doctors and their experiments. The first one we will visit is Ivan Pavlov. His discoveries were accidental. Initially Pavlov always conducted experiments related to the psychology of digestion. As he did this he noticed saliva being collected… in the middle of the paper… we come to what theory I think is most accurate in describing human learning, it would have to be observational learning. I think this is because we always hear that people are a product of their environment, and it works in both negative and positive ways. It's like saying that negative produces negative and negative can also produce positive. Once someone sees the consequences of how their life will turn out depending on the steps they take, it is up to them to make the choice. Life for people learning to live does not have to be a cycle of repeating history. It can be a better life if they make the right decision. References Wood, 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. Press.